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Easter Island Statue Plans Paris Pilgrimage

'Moai' aims to change humanity's 'materialistic conscience': government

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2008 6:50 PM CST

(Newser) – A “moai”—one of the giant statues of elongated heads on Easter Island—will travel to Paris in 2010 on a mission to challenge the “materialistic conscience” of the world, the Independent reports. Representatives of the Pacific island’s government said the...   Read full story »

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