In the next parts, we’ll explore the Rapa Nui people’s origins, their society, and how they created these incredible statues. The Moai statues of Easter Island are a key part of the island’s ...

Off the coast of Chile, Carrie Tait steps away from the tourists to soak up Easter Island’s most captivating spots ...

The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a body within the Organization of American States, has issued Precautionary Measures to protect the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.

As early as BC 5500 people in Melanesia were voyaging ... is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern, and local, name for Easter Island, large palm forests flourished.

Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people. As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its ...

Hoa Hakananai'a was removed from Rapa Nui ... Nui - named Easter Island by European explorers. The statues, known as moai, were carved by the island's indigenous Rapa Nui people to embody the ...

However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island ... that the Rapa Nui moved the moai on sleds, until real-life experiments with replicas showed that this would have required some 1,500 people ...

when more than 100,000 visitors were making the trek to Rapa Nui National Park and officials scrambled to find ways to combat overtourism. Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water ...

Easter Island, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...