Kon-Tiki Museum launches return of items to Easter Island
1 day ago · Thor Heyerdahl with one of the iconic statues on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. PHOTO: Kon-Tiki Museum. A delegation from the island traveled to Oslo this week to formally receive, for example, a human skull studied as part of Heyerdahl’s attempt to solve some of the mysteries of the island known for its towering sculptures.
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum Returns Artifacts to Chile's Remote Easter Island
2 days ago · In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days to prove his theory — that the South Sea Islands were settled by seafarers from South America.
Norwegian museum returns artifacts, skulls taken by explorer back …
1 day ago · Thor Heyerdahl, who passed away in 2002 at the age of 87, traveled in 1955 to Easter Island, where he and his team unearthed 5,600 objects to take to Norway, promising to return them someday to ...
Norway's Kon-Tiki museum returns human remains to Easter Island - Phys.org
2 days ago · Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum on Wednesday returned human remains taken from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific raft expeditions in the 1950s.
Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artefacts to Easter Island
2 days ago · The items were taken during Thor Heyerdahl’s famous expedition in 1947. Local news you can trust. ... by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific. In 1947, the anthropologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon ...
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island
2 days ago · A book about Thor Heyerdahl's voyage — he died in 2002 at the age of 87 — has become an international bestseller, and his film of the journey won an Academy Award for best documentary in 1951.
Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island
2 days ago · In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days to prove his theory — that the South Sea Islands were settled by seafarers from South America. He brought 5,600 objects back from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. This is the third time objects taken by him are being returned.
An Easter Island Promise Is Kept - Newser
2 days ago · In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days to prove his theory—that the South Sea Islands were settled by seafarers from South America.
Norway Will Repatriate Thousands of Artifacts Taken From Easter Island
Apr 8, 2019 · Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl visited Easter Island in search of answers regarding mysterious stone sculptures known as Moai Public domain
Norway's Kon-Tiki museum to return Easter Island artefacts
Mar 29, 2019 · Norway has agreed to return thousands of artefacts taken from Chile's Easter Island by renowned Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1956. The agreement was signed by his son on behalf of...