When most people think of Hawaii, they picture golden beaches, hula skirts, or Pearl Harbor headlines from World War I ...

New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions ...

Groundbreaking research undertaken by Uppsala University and published in the journal Antiquity (via Ancient Origins) has rewritten previously held beliefs about the remote society of Rapa Nui, also ...

Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

Thompson was at Taputapuātea 49 years ago, in 1976, during Hōkūleʻa’s first voyage to French Polynesia, and for him, the ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to ...

In Hawaii, there's an ancient sport that involves a sled and breakneck speed. It is not as well-known as surfing, but native Hawaiian cultural practitioners are working to change that.

KANEOHE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A unique Hawaiian fishpond in Kaneohe that was built about 800 years ago continues to be cared for by one local nonprofit, Paepae o Heʻeia. Hiʻilei Kawelo is one of its ...