Easter Island is celebrating the return of one of its stolen moai statues, a living spirit of the ancestors tasked with protecting the Rapa Nui people.
Chile’s National Museum of Natural History said it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago
Chile’s National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought
A 1,500-pound giant sculptural head taken from Easter Island by the Chilean navy in 1870 will be returned. Chile s National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return the stone statue, dubbed Moai Tau, to the Rapa Nui people. "For the Rapa Nui, their ancestors, funerary objects and ceremonial materials may be as alive as members of their communities themselves," said a museum statement. The return of the monolith "is profoundly significant as a gesture towards our indigenous .
SANTIAGO - Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.