Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, has only a small amount of freshwater available ... Most of the 900 statues were constructed along the coast of the island. The reason behind their location ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Our first visit was with the small group tour that began at Rano ... For the fifth must-see moai statue site on Easter Island ...

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep ... could be accomplished using only a few ropes and small groups of people could further debunk the earlier notions ...

Mayor of Easter Island Pedro Edmunds told local media: "The damage caused by the fire can't be undone" A fire has damaged the enigmatic statues on Easter Island, with some of the charring said to ...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places ...

The statues were placed on specially ... they are colossal - this one in the British Museum is small! There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall ...

The annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2 was visible from areas in the Southern Hemisphere, including Easter Island in the eastern ...

However, not all Easter Island experts agree that the small freshwater seeps were important enough to warrant the massive statues, The Guardian reported. Archaeologist and Easter Island expert Jo ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.