A view of the Sigatoka river from the Tavuni hill fort on Fiji's Viti Levu island. A mass grave recently discovered at the fort may be the result of cannibalism—or disease brought back from a ...

Methodist missionary Thomas Baker and eight Fijian locals were clubbed to death and eaten in Nabutautau on Fiji's main island of Vitu Levu 136 years ago, a cannibal act historians say was likely ...

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Previously dubbed "Cannibal Island", Fiji is famous for its long running history of cannibalism. The practices have almost died out in recent years with the exception of the Naihehe Caves ...

LEVNKA, Fiji, Jan. 5. -- Slung under the iron beams of the steamer stateroom in which I am writing, while a flood of tropical rain roars upon the deck overhead, are a bundle of savage spears ...

The pronged antiques date from the 19th century when tribal chiefs devoured their enemies after they had been killed. Their bodies were brought back to the victors' village by members of the tribe ...

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One villager who took part in the cannibals' feast was quoted in contemporary accounts as saying "we ate everything but his boots". One of Thomas Baker's boots is reportedly on display in the Fiji ...