The Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo announced on Wednesday that it is returning archaeological pieces and human remains taken by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947 to Easter Island, also known as ...

In the 1950s, a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist named Thor Heyerdahl ... accomplish," said Liz Heyerdahl, the explorer's granddaughter and director of the Kon-Tiki Museum.

Thor Heyerdahl's journeys and theories have never been taken very seriously by scientists. But his books about his expeditions were very popular. The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South ...