Constructed atop Anakena Beach on the northern coast of Easter Island, Ahu Nau Nau is one of the most well-preserved and scenic moai spots on the island. The beach is the legendary landing site of ...

a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves best: He left his one-room home on the southwest coast and hiked north across the island to Anakena beach. Legend has it the ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

Claudio Cristino has been Easter Island's resident archaeologist for ... Ted developed a connection with Rapa Nui during the 1995 voyage to Long Beach of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule ...

Hotu Matu'a and his family landed on Easter Island at Anakena Beach. Te-Pito-te-Henua, "end of the land," or "land's end," is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern ...

In the quarry at Rano Raraku, ancient matamu'a carved the stone monuments known as moai, which represent ancestors who have passed away. The Rapa Nui ...

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is one of the most isolated places in the world, located around 3,600 miles off the coast of Chile, which annexed the territory in 1888. The eponymous island is named ...