Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition. Richard Cannon “What have we here?” is the fruit of two years of Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke’s research at the ...

Mr Mitsotakis’s visit comes after he reportedly held private talks with the British Museum – which ... traditions,” added the British Museum. Two moai are currently held at the museum.

Travelers have long been fascinated by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic ... By the time British captain James Cook arrived in 1774, the Rapa Nui population ...

The Moai statues of Easter Island have some of the best views of the night sky on Earth. Sometimes a photo can captivate so powerfully that you are transported to another place and time.

Moai stones from Easter Island The museum has two moai statues which were taken from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) by British surveyors in 1868. There have been long-standing demands for the statues ...

But Ryan is confident enough to share plans for any money raised over and above what it takes to restore the moai statue. It will help create a Kahiki trust fund to restore other items from the ...

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’s social media accounts have been inundated in recent days with posts calling for the two moai, as the imposing statues are known, to be returned to Rapa Nui, which is part of ...

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 ...