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.

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A team of experts at UCLA developed the Easter Island Statue Project to better ... of the heads to reveal the underlying torso and body. Jo Anne Van Tilburg, a researcher at the University ...

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Authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say they have discovered an abandoned boat and the remains of 11 people along ...

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. A news release said IU’s Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in ...

Easter Island is generally a brief stop on a world ... Its Manavai Spa has treatments like bamboo therapy, hot stone massages, body scrubs, and more in addition to a Jacuzzi and a sauna.

But the ancient genomes add to a growing body of evidence that the idea of a self-inflicted population collapse on Easter Island is a false narrative, said Matisoo-Smith, who wasn’t involved in ...