A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

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Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. To visit it and marvel at the ...

Unless you count the heat, the streets of Tullahoma, Tenn., have very little in common with Easter Island, a tiny spit of land off the coast of Chile. But local artist Steve Smith is doing his part to ...

Despite standing on one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the iconic moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) can now be experienced from the comfort of your home.

What’s 63 square miles in size, 1,200 miles from the nearest landmass and home to over 900 monoliths that line its coast? Easter Island — also called Isla de Pascua and Rapa Nui — is famed worldwide ...

Easter Island is known for its hundreds of colossal Moai statues - but archaeologists discovered many famous 'heads' actually ...

Binghamton University archaeologists have released a new interactive, 3D model of the Moai statue quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

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Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives ...