Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui by the locals, is a remote island off the coast of Chile. As of 2023, its population ...

The world's most isolated airport is on a remote island almost 8,500 miles away from the UK. Mataveri International Airport ...

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

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 ...

Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum on Wednesday returned human remains taken from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during ...

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 ...

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary ...

Recommended Videos He brought 5,600 objects back from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. This is the third time objects taken by him are being returned. Many have been stored and displayed at ...

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum Returns Artifacts to Chile's Remote Easter Island COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late ...