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 ...
Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...
On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...
Easter Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the large stone heads. Hancock thinks settlers first arrived there 12,000 years ago and stayed until Polynesian settlers arrived. He also argues the ...
Garcia, who will take up the role on March 1 this year, will be responsible for establishing Ericsson’s business leadership in Mission Critical Networks across the region and developing new enterprise ...
At Anakena seven potbellied moai stand at attention on a 52-foot-long stone platform—backs to the Pacific, arms at their sides, heads capped with tall pukao of red scoria, another volcanic rock.