have uncovered surprising evidence that the volcanic activity beneath Easter Island may have roots stretching back 165 million years. This revelation could reshape how you understand the Earth's ...

Island’s moai statues, stunning landscapes, and vibrant culture in this ultimate guide to a Pacific paradise.

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth’s mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a ...

Hoteliers on Easter Island know better than to compete with ... Treatments include bamboo therapy, hot stone massage and volcanic clay body wraps. Seafood is of course abundant on the island ...

No doubt the rats ate birds’ eggs too. Three volcanoes, quiet now, formed Easter Island half a million years ago. It has three crater lakes but no streams; fresh water is scarce. Chile ...

It takes six hours to get to this remote destination that has almost no phone service, rolling green hills and volcanoes.

The closer you get to the volcano, the greater the number ... Dr Richards and Dr Hamilton are joint directors of the ”Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Landscapes of Construction Project“.

Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who first spied it on Easter Day 1722, this tiny spit of volcanic rock in the vast South Seas is, even today, the most remote inhabited ...

Easter Island Ahu Tongariki ... for nearly 30 years—about 95 percent of the statues were carved in the volcanic cone known as Rano Raraku. Master carvers, who taught their craft over generations ...

Easter Island, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...