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 ...

There’s substantial evidence that Polynesian people discovered South America way before Columbus. After all, 10% of Easter ...

Traces of Breadfruit and other South American crops found recently discovered early settlement on Easter Island, Rapa Nui, point towards regular contact between South America and the island ...

the eclipse will be viewed as a "ring of fire" only from South America and remote parts of Chile and Argentina. The only other place it's viewable from will be Easter Island, 3,700 kilometers ...

He shakes his head. “How did they do it?” Easter Island covers just 63 square miles. It lies 2,150 miles west of South America and 1,300 miles east of Pitcairn, its nearest inhabited neighbor.

Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants arrived around ... Botanists have proven that the sweet potato originally came from South America. Does this mean that people from South ...

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary ...

These islands are roughly 6,800 km from South America. People from Chile's Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, also had South American ancestry, some from modern Chilean immigrants and some from the same ...

The largest country in South America is Brazil ... The third clip is set on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, where we learn about the mysterious stone statues of heads that can be found there.