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

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

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

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

In “Island at the Edge of the World,” Mike Pitts tells the story of the people who carved the giant heads on the remotest inhabited place on Earth.

A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai. The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the ...