In the Kohau Rongorongo script of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), “Hatching” behaves as a word-sign for colours: first, hatched signs have plain equivalents; second, hatched and non-hatched signs show ...

Rapa Nui has long been seen as the epitome of a remote community, with historical records indicating that it developed in isolation without other Polynesian communities after it was established in ...

The famed stone monoliths that tower over the island of Rapa Nui—colloquially known as Easter Island—have puzzled scientists for centuries. But now, archaeologists and soil scientists studying ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that the ancient society that erected the colossal Moai figures on Chile’s Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, collapsed many centuries ago. Now, a new ...

Teave returned to Rapa Nui a decade ago, and in 2014 she built the island's first music school. Last year, it was featured in the documentary, "Song of Rapa Nui." ...

The former mayor of Hanga Roa, Petero Edmunds, who is Rapa Nui, opposes the Chilean government’s plans for giving away land. He wants the entire park returned to Rapa Nui control, to be kept intact.

A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Chile reports evidence that early settlers on the island of Rapa Nui sailed to South America, interacted with people living there ...

How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere Before the toromiro disappeared from the island, at least two men grabbed seeds from the last remaining plant and brought them home ...

An exciting new discovery has been made on Easter Island. Good Morning America reports that in late February, a new moai statue was found in Rapa Nui National Park in Chile. The sacred statue was ...

Fifteen moai stand tall at Ahu Tongariki. Credit Noah Paoa. By 2080 rising sea levels could cause seasonal waves to reach Ahu ...