Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter ...

A university spokesperson said the remains had not been used for research in several decades, before which it isn’t ...

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.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

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 ...

Hoteliers on Easter Island know better than to compete with ... Treatments include bamboo therapy, hot stone massage and volcanic clay body wraps. Seafood is of course abundant on the island ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...

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