Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Air Force Sri Lanka’s armed forces have long functioned in many roles. In addition to their core ...

As 2025 inches towards its end, National Geographic is celebrating the year by dropping its annual Pictures of the Year 2025, “highlighting the images that most inspired and defined the past year ...

The online model lets researchers and anyone with an internet connection explore areas that the island’s 100,000 annual ...

Tenerife may be known for its beaches, but it’s the island’s stargazing that leaves the biggest impression, boasting some of the clearest skies in the world. Stargazers can witness the unparalleled ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...

The gargantuan heads of Easter Island may have finally tacked on an artist credit — or several, it turns out. The over 900 statues on Rapa Nui, the indigenous name for the Chilean territory, had long ...

Easter Island's statues were made by different groups of people, according to new research. The iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working independently of each other, ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone statues may have been created through a decentralised artistic and spiritual tradition, with many different communities making their own carved stone giants, rather ...