In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...

Easter Island, famous for its imposing moai statues, is often presented as a case of sudden societal collapse. However, a ...

In a surprising turn of events, a new moai statue has been discovered on Easter Island in 2025, challenging previous archaeological assumptions and potentially reshaping our understanding of the ...

Easter Island has long been misunderstood by the West. A new book by Mike Pitts sets the record straight.

A newly reconstructed rainfall record shows that prolonged drought, not societal collapse, reshaped Rapa Nui’s history.

Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...