On March 8, 1975, the Polynesian Voyaging Society launched Hōkūleʻa at Hakipuʻu-Kualoa, marking the beginning of a cultural ...

Archeologists have used drones and photogrammetry to create a map of the quarry that produced 95 of Easter Island's statues.

Halfway through his tour across UK museums, Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Omai (1776) has made the journey to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

In “Wild Thing,” Sue Prideaux uses recent research to closely examine Gauguin’s complex relationship with French colonialism ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone figures have long seemed like a closed case, their story pinned to a familiar narrative of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 ...

In early November New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam) gave the inaugural ...

Home for the holidays? Discover Des Moines’ hottest new restaurants of 2025, from cozy brunch spots to global flavors.

Imagine being 15 years old and winning a Sunset Beach QS full of local heavies when it's 10-foot. Hats off to Kiara Goold.

State-of-the-art computer modeling shows the iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working ...

Many towns offer unique displays, such as West Palm Beach's 700-ton sand tree and Delray Beach's 100-foot tree. In addition ...