On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped…
A new study proposes links between the locations of Easter Island’s famous ahu and moai and freshwater sources. Robert J DiNapoli discusses…
Cutting-edge computer technology has shed new light on one of the enigmatic Easter Island statues, revealing new details of the cult images…
Fieldwork led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Manchester has shown that stone figures lying on their…
Will isotope analysis reveal the origins of skeletons found in the earliest known cemetery in the Pacific…
What is taboo? The current exhibition at the British Museum reveals all by looking at Art and Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860…