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Rapanui

Easter Island/Features/Issue 104/Rapanui

Ruins on Rapa Nui

On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped…

Tanya Brosnnan studies a coastal freshwater seep behind moai
Easter Island/Features/Issue 94/Rapanui

Easter Island: where to build a monument

A new study proposes links between the locations of Easter Island’s famous ahu and moai and freshwater sources. Robert J DiNapoli discusses…

Issue 42/Celebrating World Heritage/Rapanui

The secrets of Easter Island’s fallen idols

Fieldwork led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Manchester has shown that stone figures lying on their…


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