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 ...

Hancock thinks settlers first arrived on Easter Island 12,000 years ago and stayed until Polynesian settlers arrived. He believes the Moai heads were carved over 11,000 years ago, supporting the ...

Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the famous large stone heads - that are believed to have been carved 900 years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

French Polynesia is just as dreamy as it gets, and one of its largest islands is pretty much the dictionary definition of the ...

How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote inhabited island on Earth. The coast of Chile lies 2,300 miles to the east, Tahiti 2,500 miles to the northwest ...