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

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists.. Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local ...

The British Museum is being targeted by Chilean campaigners who are demanding the return of a statue taken from Easter Island more than 150 years ago.. Campaigners began 'spamming' the museum's ...

The British Museum has lent the world’s most celebrated Oceanic sculpture to Tahiti’s main museum for three years. Known as A’a, the sculpture represents a deified ancestor of the people of ...

The British Museum has been accused of trying to silence its critics after calls for moai statues be returned to Easter Island went viral on social media. The museum switched off comments on one ...

The British Museum has been subject to a campaign by social media users in Chile demanding the return of a stone monument taken from Easter Island. The museum has two moai statues which were taken ...

The statues ended up in the British Museum by way of a British survey ship, which was led to the location of the Moai Hava. The crew collected the first moai in1868 and unearthed a second.

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists.. Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local ...