“I love this sense of expectation that they evoke.” The earrings were inspired by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island, and their methods of moving the Moai statues, echoing “how we tie down objects ...

New research reveals that there was contact with Indigenous Americans before European arrival. Rapa Nui, also known as Te ...

The evening of Tuesday, September 17, 2024, saw a beautiful partial lunar eclipse as the full "Harvest Supermoon" drifted ...

Discover the truth behind the mysterious history of Rapa Nui, challenging the myth of overpopulation and ecological collapse.

The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west of South America. | Earth And The Environment ...

New genetic research helps debunk a popular theory about Easter Island and the mysterious decline of its indigenous ...

The scientists have debunked what they say was a colonial narrative, and one which has been used as a warning about ...

Rapa Nui has long stood as a symbol of ecocide — an act of deliberate, environmental destruction by humans. But new studies suggests the theory is wrong.

If white people hadn’t managed to build the pyramids of Egypt or Central America, or erecting the stone monoliths of Rapa Nui ...

Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, "Collapse," used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), is one of the most remote inhabited ...

New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources ...