Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waves driven by rising seas could reach Ahu Tongariki -- the largest restored group of moai statues on Easter Island -- in less ...

Easter Island or Rapa Nui was first discovered by Polynesian voyagers between 800 and 1200 CE. The voyager were led by the legendary King Hotu Matu’a across the Pacific Ocean. It was on 5th April 1722 ...

New excavations and high tech scans on one of the world’s most remote islands are forcing archaeologists to redraw the story of how complex societies rise, adapt and endure. On Rapa Nui, better known ...

As dawn breaks over the Gulf of America on Easter morning, Marco Island’s shoreline will once again become a place of ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The sky is still dark and the windscreen wipers are working furiously. I’m being driven across Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ...