According to the 6th Century author of 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People', St Bede the Venerable, the word 'Easter' hails from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and ...

Turns out, the Easter Bunny origin story is a bit mysterious—but it may have something to do with the spring season. Read on ...

Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived, scholars have debated the origins of the isolated population he found ...

Examines theories about how the stone heads of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were carved and raised. New research challenges previous ideas about the history, innovation and resilience of the Rapa Nui ...