In A Nutshell Researchers used 11,686 drone photos to create the first complete 3D map of Easter Island’s main statue quarry, revealing 30 separate workshop areas where small family groups carved moai ...

As a faint wash of pink appeared on the horizon, the faithful gathered in the dark on Jones Beach for a sunrise Easter service celebrating what Christians believe marks the sacred day Jesus rose from ...

No one knows where Easter Island is, and that’s just the start of the island’s immutable mysticism. When I told people I was traveling to the small island this spring, people would say, “The place ...

Radiocarbon dating of ancient scripts suggests a groundbreaking origin story.

The sun had yet to appear above the horizon early Sunday, and a half-moon still hung over the Atlantic Ocean as people began arriving at Jones Beach to celebrate Easter and what the faithful believe ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...

Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives ...

A recently-published study challenges the popular myth that Easter Islanders' ancient rock gardening practices caused their own downfall. The journal article, which is titled "Island-wide ...

We’re documenting something that really has needed to be documented, but in a way that’s really comprehensive and shareable.” ...