that the original inhabitants must have come from a sea-faring culture, adept at building long-voyaging vessels and navigating the open seas. Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants ...

“This is something produced from my culture. It’s Rapanui.” He shakes his head. “How did they do it?” Easter Island covers just 63 square miles. It lies 2,150 miles west of South America ...

Four members of the delegation sent from Easter Islands spent the night at the Oslo museum as part of a ritual ceremony to ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum ...

As sea levels rise and the climate changes, Mahani Teave's island home and its culture are increasingly under threat. Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is one of the world's most remote inhabited island ...

Norway has returned human remains to the Easter Island. Pictured is a view of the famous stone statues of the Rapa Nui ...

When Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl visited Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the 1950s, he conducted months of excavations that revealed thousands of items he was allowed to take back to Norway for ...

He brought 5,600 objects back from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... “It is important that those who own the culture are involved in the process," Liv Heyerdahl was quoted as saying ...