Easter Island's stone statues of human figures, known as moai, were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around AD 1000 until the second half of the seventeenth ...

Damaged Moai statues are seen after a wildfire at a local park in Easter Island, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 7, 2022. . (Rapa Nui Municipality/Handout via ...

Moai Statues. The hundreds of mysterious moai statues around Easter Island are the primary draw for visitors. Most are located within Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Access to ...

Another moai statue, ... In June 2019 two museum representatives, an anthropologist and the curator of the Oceania section of the museum, visited Easter Island.

A new maoi statue has been discovered on Easter Island. ... said the museum is currently displaying a "moai kavakava" figure made from "wood, obsidian and bone" in the early 19th century.

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists. Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local ...

T he Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo announced on Wednesday that it is returning archaeological pieces and human remains taken by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947 to Easter Island, also known as ...

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign. 63° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

The British Museum has been accused of trying to silence its critics after calls for moai statues be returned to Easter Island went viral on social media. The museum switched off comments on one ...

The British Museum’s social media accounts have been inundated with comments telling it to return a moai statue to Easter Island. The museum currently displays two moai, taken from the Chilean ...

London (CNN) — The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists.