Australia repatriates remains of Rapa Nui ancestors
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The remains of more than a dozen ancestors of the Rapa Nui people are being returned to their homeland in one of the Australian Museum's largest repatriations. The ancestral remains were formally handed back to a delegation from Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, in a ceremony in Sydney.
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