Even with enough experience of museums, the visit to Museo Madre - to balance out a trip to Pompeii and its ancient memories ...

Nearly 1,000 massive stone statues stand across Easter Island, but most of them are buried under up to 20 feet of earth—far more than natural sediment should allow. Scientists struggle to explain how ...

The Moai are sited on Easter Island, a Chilean territory in the South Pacific. There are nearly 900 giant stone statues ...

Q: I recently listened to a podcast about antiaging drugs for people. Is there something similar for dogs? A: The promise of ...

On May 1, 1976, the voyaging canoe Hokule‘a departed Honolua Bay on Maui, beginning a voyage that would reshape understanding of Polynesian navigation.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For decades, archaeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo, was invented independently or ...

U.K. Christians are shocked by King Charles opting to not give an Easter message this year, according to several royal experts. Buckingham Palace previously confirmed that the king would not be giving ...

The famed stone monoliths that tower over the island of Rapa Nui—colloquially known as Easter Island—have puzzled scientists for centuries. But archaeologists and soil scientists studying the ancient ...

Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic craters and villages of rock-hewn moai. The 15 moai at Ahu Tongariki make ...

A new study presents compelling evidence that Rapa Nui experienced a centuries-long drought beginning in the mid-1500s, reconstructed from chemical signals preserved in ancient wetland sediments.

Finding out what actually happened in the deep past can be a slog, so when ancient history is packaged as mystery—spine-tingling but solvable—it’s hard to resist. Who doesn’t want to know how a lost ...