Easter Island, Kon-Tiki Museum and Norway

Norwegian museum returns artifacts, skulls taken by explorer back to Easter Island
Four members of the delegation sent from Easter Islands spent the night at the Oslo museum as part of a ritual ceremony to take back the spirits of the remains.
Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island
Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.
Norway's Kon-Tiki museum returns human remains to Easter Island
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum on Wednesday returned human remains taken from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific raft expeditions in the 1950s.
Kon-Tiki Museum launches return of excavated items to Easter Island
When Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl visited Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the 1950s, he conducted months of excavations that revealed thousands of items he was allowed to take back to Norway for further examination.
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island
Recommended Videos He brought 5,600 objects back from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. This is the third time objects taken by him are being returned. Many have been stored and displayed at ...
Museo Kon-Tiki de Noruega devuelve piezas a la remota Isla de Pascua en Chile
Un museo de Oslo está devolviendo piezas arqueológicas y restos humanos tomados por un explorador y antropólogo noruego a finales de la década de 1940 al territorio remoto de la Isla de Pascua, en el Pacífico,
El Museo Kon Tiki, En Noruega, Devuelve Restos Humanos A La Isla De Pascua
El museo noruego Kon Tiki devolvió el miércoles a la Isla de Pascua restos humanos que el explorador Thor Heyerdahl había llevado a Noruega tras sus exploraciones a bordo del Kon Tiki en 1947.
Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artefacts to Easter Island
Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific. In 1947, the anthropologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days in order to prove his theory – that the South Sea Islands were settled by seafarers from South America.
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Remote island trapped in 'vortex' of plastic — and they're not the ones to blame
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui by the locals, is a remote island off the coast of Chile. As of 2023, its population ...
Astrophotographer Captures Milky Way Over Easter Island's Moai During Eclipse
Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.
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Milky Way swirls over famous Easter Island statues in stunning photo
Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...
World’s most isolated airport on remote island 8,500 miles from UK
The world's most isolated airport is on a remote island almost 8,500 miles away from the UK. Mataveri International Airport ...
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Travel resumes to Easter Island, albeit under strict protocols
Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary ...