Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect ...

According to the British Museum, around 887 moai were erected between 1100 and 1600 A.D. The moai in London is one of only 14 made from basalt. Donated to the museum by Queen Victoria, ...

The Rapa Nui want the museum to return the pieces. "The British taking the moai from our island is like me going into your house and taking your grandfather to display in my living room," Anakena ...

Easter Island’s indigenous community want the British Museum to return a unique Moai statue that was taken from them 150 years ago and given to Queen Victoria as a gift. The 2.4-metre tall Hoa ...

According to the British Museum, around 887 moai were erected between 1100 and 1600 A.D. Related article British Museum to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria. Hoa Hakananai’a ...

The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury institution’s collection, Joe Sommerlad reports ...

The eight-foot-tall Moai sculpture at the British Museum is called Hoa Hakananai’a, which translates to “the stolen or hidden friend.”This name is fitting, since the four-ton statue was ...

Manchester Museum received a new arrival on Friday (20 March): a moai, commonly known as an Easter Island Head. Moai Hava, on loan from the British Museum will be shown in a new exhibition, Making ...

The mayor of the Chile's Easter Island territory conceded on Monday that the British Museum might be a better home for a massive native Polynesian statue taken by British seamen 150 years ago.

Damaged Moai statues are seen after a wildfire at a local park in Easter Island, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 7, 2022. . (Rapa Nui Municipality/Handout via ...

The diplomatic disagreement between Britain and Greece over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles has been brought into the spotlight once again as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis ...