Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived, scholars have debated the origins of the isolated population he found ...

If size signified importance, Ahu Vinapu was one of the most important ahu on Easter Island. The precisely fitted large basalt cut slabs have perplexed some archaeologists, in particular Thor ...

Traces of Breadfruit and other South American crops found recently discovered early settlement on Easter Island, Rapa Nui, point towards regular contact between South America and the island ...