Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen ... His piercing eyes were set in a deeply creased, mahogany face. He introduced himself as a descendant of the island’s first king ...

Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that ...

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island. It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

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 ...

Here’s a closer look at the best Easter events happening all over Southwest Florida: Egg hunts, visits with the Easter Bunny, ...