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Norwegian museum returns artifacts, skulls taken by explorer back to Easter Island
A book about Thor Heyerdahl's journey has become an international bestseller, and his film about the journey won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1951. Easter Island, also known as Rapa ...
Nia Tero: New Film "Te Pito o Te Henua" (The Navel of the World) to Make World Premiere at the 22nd International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
The film, which is in competition for the Best Short Documentary Award, explores the cultural identity and close connection to the land and water shared by the Rapa Nui People. SEATTLE ...
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How Big Were They?
Between A.D. 1000 and 1600, the people of Easter Island, a small island isolated in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, carved about 900 massive statues from an ancient volcano. These austere-faced ...
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Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artefacts to Easter Island
He brought 5,600 objects back to Norway from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... and his film of the journey won an Academy Award for best documentary in 1951. Rapa Nui is best known ...