showed that the placement of ahus around the coast corresponds with sources of freshwater, which would've been vital to the survival of Rapa Nui society. In 1960, a massive tsunami triggered by ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...

The bulk of the 1,000-odd statues are situated along the coast of the Pacific island (also known as Rapa Nui ... can thus take advantage of these sources of freshwater by capturing the water ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. A news release said IU’s Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in ...

The moai may also hold a sacred role in the life of the Rapa Nui, acting as ceremonial conduits for communication with the gods. According to Van Tilburg, their physical position between earth and ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island, not just in the Pacific, but in the world. Not surprisingly, it took human beings a long time to get there. The people of the ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. IU's Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in December as an invited ...

A comprehensive programme for the preservation of Rapa Nui has been prepared by the National Conservation Centre, the University of Chile and the National Forestry Agency (CONAF) and submitted for ...