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Archaeologists have analyzed ritual spaces and monumental structures across Polynesia, questioning the idea that Rapa Nui ...
Books such as Jared Diamond's Collapse (2005) and Kevin Costner's feature film Rapa Nui — Rebellion in Paradise (1994) present the thesis of the islanders' demise with powerful words and images.
The island of Rapa Nui, the most isolated inhabited landmass on Earth, is known for its massive Moai statues.
In a study published in Antiquity, researchers from Uppsala University revealed that the community of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, wasn’t nearly as remote as once thought.
A newly identified drought on the Pacific island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, could have spurred islanders to invest fewer resources in building their legendary stone monuments. But ...
Rapa Nui is part of Chile, although the island is 3,500 kilometres west of the mainland. Tapia is from Santiago, making him one of the few Chileans to join the roughly 100,000 people who visit ...
Discover the truth behind the mysterious history of Rapa Nui, challenging the myth of overpopulation and ecological collapse.
A new study reveals Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, was less isolated than believed, showing inter-island connections and shared ritual practices across Polynesia.
Rapa Nui – the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island – is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islanders’ ancestral culture as ...
Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. Settled by a small group of Polynesian seafarers about 900 years ago, it’s a ...
TUCSON, AZ, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2023 / EINPresswire.com / -- How much have you known of the Polynesian settlers? Francis F. Pitard’s Rapa Nui Settlers: By Choice and Necessity the Sequel of ...