Carved from obsidian, or volcanic glass, thousands of the triangular objects, known as mata'a, litter the surface of the island. Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island ...

Despite being thousands of miles from the nearest inhabitable island, Easter Island was visited several times before the ...

Easter Island is the scene of one of the great archaeological mysteries, as a unique monolithic ritual culture emerged and then vanished here – all for reasons unknown. Until now, it was widely ...

The post Unlocking Easter Island: ... Regarding lighting, the best times to visit Papa Vaka are in the early morning and toward dusk, when the sun is lower in the sky. Pu o Hiro.

The question of what caused Easter Island's demise is a matter of hot debate. War is often blamed, but new research suggests that obsidian blades on the island were used for farming — not fighting.

Easter Island has long captured our imagination and curiosity, a place where ancient populations lived, thrived, then disappeared. New samples taken from the inhabitants on Easter Island shed ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote islands on Earth, located about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) from the nearest landmass, the Pitcairn Islands, and more than 2,100 miles ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:32. Now we take you on a journey to Easter Island. It's one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, far into the Pacific, 2200 ...

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and conservationists in this tiny, ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island — The human bones lay baking in the sun. It wasn’t the first time Hetereki Huke had stumbled upon an open grave like this one. For years, ...

When dawn breaks on Easter Island, it is the moai that first feel the sun. These 15 moai at a site called Tongariki are perhaps the most famous. Carved out of volcanic rock, they're placed on a ...