There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... it is one of the Earth's most isolated inhabited islands, a tiny dot in the middle of the southwestern Pacific ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote islands on Earth ... that extensive research has been conducted in the waters surrounding Easter Island, including diving expeditions in the 1970s and ...

In 1955, it was discovered that Moai, the ancient and mysterious giant heads on Easter Island, had very large bodies buried underneath the ground. Now, scientists and archaeologists believe they know ...

Hancock argues that Polynesian settlers encountered a pre-existing population, evidenced by banana remains from at least ...

How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island ... As an island became overpopulated, navigators were sent out to sail uncharted seas to find undiscovered islands. For weeks, they would live ...

The westward movement of people continued until Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands were ... on a reef near the Polynesian island of Puka Puka. Stone wall at Ahu Vinapu, Easter Island.

Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen has an exquisite track record, having “discovered” both the Polynesian islands of Bora Bora and Maupiti. However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

this new theory has faced criticism from experts who pointed out similar statues on surrounding Pacific Islands, which have similar poses. Archaeologist Dr Dale F Simpson Jr said: "[Easter Island ...