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Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.
"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 stone heads called moai that dot its hills and coastline. They were carved ...
Fans want to know why the Giants aren't scoring more runs. The Giants do, too. Plus, should they move on from Matt Williams?
Nature doesn’t follow blueprints, and sometimes the result is strange enough to stop you in your tracks. Around the world, ...
In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to ...
The South Pacific is a rich collection of islands and archipelagos with a dizzying array of options for visitors. The easiest ...
The bronze statue of the teenage civil rights heroine will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the state removed from the U.S. Capitol in December 2020.
Kyrgyzstan has taken down a huge statue of the revolutionary Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was thought to be the tallest in Central Asia. First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet ...
LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) — There is a new statue in the city of Lancaster honoring Scipio Smith, the man who became the city’s first Black business owner in the 1800s.
Sea Waves Desert KINGWOOD, Texas – At St. Martha Catholic Church in Kingwood, three sacred statues — including one of the Virgin Mary — once stood outside the sanctuary. Today, they’re gone.
A seven-foot-tall bronze statue of Tina Turner will be built in her hometown of Brownsville thanks in part to the Ford Motor Company.