Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a unique and mysterious place, known for its moai statues and rich biodiversity. Despite its small size, it holds ancient secrets, from lost artifacts to forgotten ...

Dutch explorers landed on the island on Easter Sunday 1772 ... a white coral moai eye, and mata (obsidian stone tools). In addition to housing artifacts, it provides an overview of the island's ...

From the fate of its once vibrant population to the origins of its moai statues, Easter Island ... you're familiar with the island's layout: Almost all of the stone artifacts are located along ...

The objects include skulls from the Rapa Nui community, the indigenous population of Easter Island, which is known for its hundreds of moai—monolithic human figures carved centuries ago.

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, people look at artifacts and human remains taken from Easter ... of moai — monolithic human figures carved ...

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum Returns Artifacts to Chile's Remote Easter Island ... the hundreds of moai — monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of ...

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