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The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

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Easter Island is generally a brief stop on a world ... Its Manavai Spa has treatments like bamboo therapy, hot stone massages, body scrubs, and more in addition to a Jacuzzi and a sauna.

We are just a body. You, the British people, have our soul." In June 2019 two museum representatives, an anthropologist and the curator of the Oceania section of the museum, visited Easter Island.

But the ancient genomes add to a growing body of evidence that the idea of a self-inflicted population collapse on Easter Island is a false narrative, said Matisoo-Smith, who wasn’t involved in ...