From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?
What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return? - The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are ...
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Science: Mystery of the Flying Heads
Because of these stone heads, Easter Island has remained one of anthropology’s most cherished mysteries. In a new book, Island of Death (J. J. Augustin; $7), Dr. Werner Wolff, professor of ...
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How hats were placed atop the Easter Island statues
The head is traditionally thought to contain ... South Coast of Rapa Nui The members of the Spanish expedition to Easter Island in 1770 were the first to record their descriptions of the scoria ...
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Stone Giants
On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the ... of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape. The moai and ceremonial ...
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QuickCheck: Do the Easter Islands heads have bodies?
But is it true that far from being just heads, the Easter Island statues actually have bodies buried deep in the ground?