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Elgin Marbles: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

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1 month, 1 week ago

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Hindustan Times

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific, the Kon-Tiki Museum said Wednesday. Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific, the Kon-Tiki Museum said Wednesday. “Of course these remains should be returned, and it feels right because they belong to the Rapa Nui.” In …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch Solar Eclipse 2024 from Rapa Nui in Chile

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Life beyond screens: How AI-driven natural user interfaces (NUI) are transforming human interaction

Times of India

Kartik Sharma is a serial entrepreneur with focus on AI implementation and education, deeply passionate about democratizing AI to solve complex problems and create future skilled generations. With several titles to his name, Kartik has authored a series of widely acclaimed and bestselling books on Artificial Intelligence adopted by prestigious CBSE, ICSE and state board schools for AI learning. This …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists uncover new Easter Island moai statue in dry lake bed

The Hindu

Scientists have found a previously undiscovered moai on Easter Island, uncovering the large stone statue in a dry lake bed on the tiny, remote island in the middle of the Pacific. It could mean more figures and tools used by the ancestral Rapa Nui people are buried nearby in the once-underwater site, scientists said. Researchers believe the island's first residents …

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1 year, 9 months ago

New Easter Island statue found in volcanic crater’s dry lake

Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile — Researchers have found a new moai statue in a dry lake on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, joining the approximately 1,000 other iconic monolithic sculptures on what is internationally known as Easter Island. More statues might be found in the dry lake, which is at the center of the Rano Raraku volcanic crater, said Salvador Atan …

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1 year, 11 months ago

French-born artist finds inspiration on remote Easter Island

Associated Press

RAPA NUI, Chile — Rapa Nui – the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island – is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islanders’ ancestral culture as well as Christian beliefs. Among the eye-catching works are stained glass windows -- created by a French-born artist – that portray figures resembling Rapa Nui’s …

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2 years ago

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Associated Press

RAPA NUI, Chile — The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people -- remained untouched until recently. “Dancing is an expression and that expression is history.” Pakarati’s …

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2 years ago

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Associated Press

RAPA NUI, Chile — The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people -- remained untouched until recently. “Dancing is an expression and that expression is history.” Pakarati’s …

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2 years ago

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai …

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2 years ago

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Associated Press

RAPA NUI, Chile — The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people -- remained untouched until recently. “Dancing is an expression and that expression is history.” Pakarati’s …

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2 years ago

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

Associated Press

RAPA NUI, Chile — The causes are worthy, the course is daunting – almost 500 kilometers across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean in a large canoe. It’s the Hoki Mai Challenge, which started Saturday in Rapa Nui, a territory in the Pacific that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island. “It won’t be easy,” said …

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2 years ago

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

The Independent

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2 years, 2 months ago

Chile: Easter Island fire damages some statues

Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile — A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said. The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the process through which the stone carvings will eventually turn into sand, the mayor of the island locally known as …

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2 years, 3 months ago

The 'walking' statues of Easter Island

BBC

The 'walking' statues of Easter Island Marko Stavric Photography/Getty Images Living on a remote, barren isle bestowed with few resources, the Rapanui needed to combine ingenious design with flawless sculpting to move the massive moai without any machinery. There are 887 moai scattered across Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as the islanders call it, and these 15 were standing on …

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2 years, 8 months ago

World Heritage Day 2022: In Pics, 10 Must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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The International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, is celebrated across the world every year on April 18. Here are 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Taj Mahal, India One of the most renowned symbols of love in the world, this ivory-white tomb was empowered by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to hold the mausoleum of his …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Trinity, UCC, UCD and DCU to introduce paid domestic violence leave in 2022

The Independent

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3 years ago

Stroke may be triggered by anger or emotional upset: Study

Hindustan Times

A global study co-led by NUI Galway into causes of stroke has found that one in 11 survivors experienced a period of anger or upset in the one hour leading up to it. "We also found that heavy physical exertion was linked to an approximately 60 per cent increase in risk is of intracerebral haemorrhage during the one hour after …

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3 years, 1 month ago

From Angkor Wat to Havana, the travel destinations reopening soon

CNN

CNN — The people of Melbourne have spent 260 days under lockdown, but that ended this week. Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji Ali Qapu, Isfahan — Located on the western edge of Isfahan's Naqsh-e Jahan square, this six-story palace's name means "grand doorway." Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji Royal Palace of Cyrus, Pasargadae — "This is a very important monument, as it …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Earliest voyages of Polynesian settlement written in current-day Pacific Islander genomes

ABC

The vast ocean voyages of the first people to set foot on Polynesian islands have been teased out of present-day genomes, not only showing where those founder groups travelled, but when they set sail, too. Key points: Timings and routes of initial Polynesian settlement are under debate Researchers identified rare genetic traits in present-day Polynesian people to trace ancestry and …

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Elgin Marbles: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island

Watch Solar Eclipse 2024 from Rapa Nui in Chile

Life beyond screens: How AI-driven natural user interfaces (NUI) are transforming human interaction

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues

Scientists uncover new Easter Island moai statue in dry lake bed

New Easter Island statue found in volcanic crater’s dry lake

French-born artist finds inspiration on remote Easter Island

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

Chile: Easter Island fire damages some statues

The 'walking' statues of Easter Island

World Heritage Day 2022: In Pics, 10 Must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Trinity, UCC, UCD and DCU to introduce paid domestic violence leave in 2022

Stroke may be triggered by anger or emotional upset: Study

From Angkor Wat to Havana, the travel destinations reopening soon

Earliest voyages of Polynesian settlement written in current-day Pacific Islander genomes