What’s agreed upon is that Polynesian explorers discovered the island and the first settlers arrived probably between 900 and 1200 CE. They brought crops and chickens with them, knowing this was ...

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HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. According to municipal data ...

Easter Island findings change everything we know about the Earth’s mantle and how it moves beneath the crust by Guillermo Carvajal October 17, 2024 October 17, 2024. ... From the late prehistoric ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and ...

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers placed a "huge burden" on the land, CNN said in 2019.

Planning a trip to Easter Island? Here's a complete guide to the remote Chilean territory, also known as Rapa Nui, including how to get there and where to stay.

Easter Island off the coast of Chile has a major trash problem. It’s near what’s known as a “trash vortex” in the middle of the South Pacific and floating waste is constantly washing ashore.

All visitors to Easter Island must also be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The island’s tourist board is “very happy” to announce its reopening to the world.