Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...

Recent research on Easter Island, published in the Plos One journal ... To the right of Ahu Nau Nau is Ahu Ature Huki, which ...

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ahu platforms around the island. We're only proposing that you ...

The moai was found lying on its side in what was once an underwater volcanic crater lake. Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's ...

Easter Island covers just 63 square miles ... they met a Stone Age culture. The moai were carved with stone tools, mostly in a single quarry, then transported without draft animals or wheels ...

A few privileged skywatchers gathered on Chile's Easter Island on Wednesday to prepare to observe a solar eclipse. Visitors ...

exotic locations on Earth — Easter Island! The famous locale is renowned for its nearly 1,000 moai statues created by the Rapa Nui people between 1250 and 1500 A.D. It will be a mind-blowing ...

The world's most remote island, where moai stand and stare at the stars, will experience an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024. For one eclipse-chaser, it's unmissable.

"The ring of fire is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Rocio Garcia, a tourist on Easter Island told Reuters on Tuesday. "Especially here in Rapa Nui with the Moai in the background it will be ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina >> The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean this afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular “ring of fire” ...