Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. ... a Rapa Nui survivor of the Peruvian slave raids of 1862.

Cooke’s Smithsonian report repeatedly mentions Pakomio Mā‘ori, a Rapa Nui survivor of the Peruvian slave raids of 1862. That man’s great-great-grandson, Francisco Nahoe, a Catholic priest and ...

Rapa Nui is 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) from the nearest inhabited island and almost 3,800 kilometers from the Chilean mainland. Early theories assumed that the population grew rapidly.

Cooke's Smithsonian report repeatedly mentions Pakomio Mā'ori, a Rapa Nui survivor of the Peruvian slave raids of 1862. That man's great-great-grandson, Francisco Nahoe, a Catholic priest and ...

Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled upon a yet-undeciphered script known as Rongorongo—a three-dimensional ...

Rapa Nui is part of Chile, although the island is 3,500 kilometres west of the mainland. Tapia is from Santiago, making him one of the few Chileans to join the roughly 100,000 people who visit ...

How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere. Before the toromiro disappeared from the island, at least two men grabbed seeds from the last remaining plant and brought them home.

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, sits in the Pacific Ocean, about 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile, and is among the world’s most remote inhabited islands.

A forest fire broke out Monday and swept through 247 acres of the Rapa Nui National Park, which covers 40% of Easter Island, officials there said. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Rapa Nui is 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) from the nearest inhabited island and almost 3,800 kilometers from the Chilean mainland. Early theories assumed that the population grew rapidly.