Explore the intriguing history of Orongo, a stone village on Easter Island. Learn about the Birdman cult and its important rituals. The post Discovering Orongo, Home to the Birdman Cult of Easter ...

Easter Island’s hotels, restaurants and tour businesses take in more than $70 million every year. Ahu Tongariki. ... One of them is the volcanic crater at Orongo, ...

Easter Island’s history is part of the complex ... On the crater’s edge lies the ceremonial village of Orongo that was inhabited only in the month of September for ritual of Tangata ...

Is it possible to get to Easter Island without traveling a very long distance? No; it is not. This tiny speck of South Pacific lava can be reached by boat, of course. That’s how the Polynesians ...

Easter Island is on lots of bucket lists. Who wouldn’t want the chance to visit one of the world’s most remote islands and take selfies with those ancient, stoic stone faces? Yet there’s ...

The Rapa Nui community has also asked the British Museum in London to return another Moai, dubbed Hoa Hakananai'a, that was taken in 1868 from Orongo, a ceremonial village on Easter Island.

This 3,000-foot wide extinct volcano shaped Easter Island’s southwestern profile around 2.5 million years ago. Its freshwater lake—the island’s largest—was a main source of water for ...

Easter Island, Chile – I couldn’t wait to see the famous heads of Easter Island. The first ones I spotted were from the plane – black slabs sticking up like tombstones in a tawny, treeless ...