Tag: Easter Island Governor Tarita Alarcón Rapu

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 04:47 UTC

  British Museum asked to return Eastern Island monolith

  

  A delegation from the Chilean Easter Island early this week has asked the British Museum in London for the return of an iconic statue believed to date from around 1200 AD and even offered to replace it with a replica carved from stone by a contemporary artist.