The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts for centuries. But now, archaeologists have finally answered one of the most burning questions surrounding ...

Mystery lovers can be grateful to the learned Dr. Wolff. With all his painstaking erudition, he has not solved, but has deepened the fascinating mystery of Easter Island.

However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he is most often remembered today. Similar to Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas, Roggeveen stumbled upon Easter Island by ...

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island. It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh ...

Easter Island is one of the most ... Polynesians likely began inhabiting the island around 1000 CE. The purpose of the moai remains a mystery to researchers. A 2019 study published in PLOS One ...

People from Chile's Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, also had South American ancestry ... This contact explains the mystery of how the sweet potato arrived in Polynesia centuries before European ...