Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast ... and how they created these incredible statues. The Moai statues of Easter Island are a key part of the island’s history and ancient civilizations.

An eclipse-chaser visited Rapa Nui to enjoy a mystical experience: the island’s first ‘ring of fire’ since 1788, viewed from ...

At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places inhabited by people. Up to 1,000 years ago, the islanders started putting giant red hats on the statues.

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues ... eclipse on Easter Island impossible to resist. Some 1,900km from its “neighbouring” island, Pitcairn, and 3,500km west of Chile, this ...

The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor restrictions to be put in place in the area after a truck collided with a sacred stone statue. Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident ...

Travelers have long been fascinated by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues ... Chile. LATAM is the only airline that flies out of Santiago into Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island.

A forest fire on Chile's Easter Island in early October damaged at least 177 Moai or sacred monolithic statues, Unesco said. The report followed an exploratory mission to the island on October 17 ...

Easter Island, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...