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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
In the spring of 1998, I was asked to take part in the filming of the NOVA film "Easter Island," during which experts examined hand methods for moving and erecting moai, the huge stone statues for ...
There are more than 900 moai on Rapa Nui, carved as tributes to the island’s early leaders. Some statues sport reddish-brown caps, known as pukao, on their heads, representing topknots.