In 1955, it was discovered that Moai, the ancient and mysterious giant heads on Easter Island, had very large bodies buried underneath the ground. Now, scientists and archaeologists believe they know ...

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 ...

A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite the history of the iconic statues. It's now been claimed that the carvings are actually thousands of years older than ...

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 ...