Researchers believe the giant moai statues on Easter Island were “walked” into place using their own immense weight as ...

Did they sail from the east, from South American soil, or from Central Polynesia to the north and west? It is daunting to imagine a voyage to Easter Island from any direction, which would have ...

No one has navigated a raft or voyaging canoe from Polynesia to Easter Island since the early settlers arrived here in AD 400. For the ancient Polynesians, finding Easter Island, a small 64-square ...

Off the coast of Chile, Carrie Tait steps away from the tourists to soak up Easter Island’s most captivating spots ...

He’s a Rapanui, an indigenous Polynesian resident of Rapa Nui, as the locals call Easter Island; his own ancestors probably helped carve some of the hundreds of statues that stud the island’s ...

The Easter Island statues, or moai, show the amazing skills of the Rapa Nui people. Between 1100 and 1650, they made nearly 900 huge stone sculptures. These statues, weighing 10 to 12 metric tons ...

for Easter Island was possibly the last place on earth to be permanently settled. It was another thousand years before European sailors matched the Polynesian feats of navigation, and when they ...

Traditional Polynesian fare gets a Belgian twist at the "buzzy" Amigo Secreto, which serves "some of Easter Island's best food," Fodors said. There are plenty of "classy and eclectic" fish and ...

Polynesians are renowned seafarers, and their island empire stretched from Hawaii to New Zealand and Easter Island. Although ...

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 ...