Some Rapa Nui locals fervently disagree, however. For them, the moai represent a cornerstone of cultural heritage and an irreplaceable masterpiece of scientific and historical human creativity.

Easter Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

This is the first time Taputapuātea was the first stop for Hōkūleʻa on a voyage to French Polynesia. Both Hōkūleʻa and ...

A poster of a dialogue from actor Allu Arjun's movie 'Pushpa 2' has triggered a row between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his predecessor YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. A worker of Mr ...

Object Details author Horley, Paul Summary "Rapanui culture, famous world-over for its stone statues and platforms, made another extraordinary achievement - it developed its own writing system, the ...

Thompson was at Taputapuātea 49 years ago, in 1976, during Hōkūleʻa’s first voyage to French Polynesia, and for him, the ...

A fresh Waihaha Falls will be looking to bounce back to form when he heads north to Te Rapa on Saturday to contest the Group 1 Turf Bar Sprint (1200m). Initially trained in Sydney by John O'Shea, the ...

Lokesh's remarks came a day after Jagan Reddy defended his party supporter who was seen with a poster bearing dialogue of a popular Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa 2 - 'Rapa Rapa Narukutham' which ...

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De afspraken over verduurzaming van Shell en BP met het kabinet gaan niet door. Dat hebben minister Sophie Hermans (Klimaat) en staatssecretaris Thierry Aartsen (Milieu), beiden ...