These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies ... Each Moai statue is unique, showing the person it honors. They were seen as symbols of important figures ...

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues ... I would have to drive through a huge herd of cows to reach them. But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter ... were known to move moai at the request of those who wanted them on their family land or ahu. Method: Tied statue on its back to a sledge ...

“It is the time Egyptian identity comes back home. We are not asking the British Museum to return the 100,000 Egyptian pieces they have ... as Easter Island in English. The first moai, Hoa ...

Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived ... the supporting walls near the moai: "The workmanship is not ...

If you ask around, many people would have some idea why there ... The origins of hot cross buns may go back as far as the 12th century. According to the story, an Anglican monk baked the buns and ...

From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return? - The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Hoa Hakananai'a statue (made between 1000 and 1200). Stone; from Easter Island (Rapa ... re carved on the back. They must have been added several ...

In “Hew Locke, what have we here?”, visitors are asked to consider the legacy of empire and plunder in shaping museum ...

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