A museum in Oslo, Norway, is returning artifacts and human remains taken by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in the late 1940s to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island. Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 101 days in 1947 to prove his theory that the South Sea Islands were settled by seafarers from South America. He brought back 5,600 objects from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, and this marks the third time items taken by him are being returned.
The collaboration between the Kon-Tiki Museum, Chile, and Rapa Nui's local authorities has facilitated the return of these items. The museum's head, Liv Heyerdahl, expressed pride in the achievement, stating that the objects were brought to Norway with a promise of eventual return. Among the items being returned this time are human remains called Ivi Tepuna and sculpted stones.
