Photo: Marion Giraldo
Easter Island, one of Chile’s biggest tourist attractions, will reopen to visitors starting Aug. 1 after access was restricted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile’s government said on Friday.
Source: Chile will reopen Easter Island to tourists in August
Photo: Sergio Donoso
The Egyptians may have the most famous mummies, but they’re not the oldest. The Chinchorro people of Chile’s Atacama Desert were the first to mummify their dead – 7,000 years ago.
Source: Chile’s desert town built on mummies
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
A small lithography school in the Chilean island is yielding marvelously intricate works, but needs support to restock dwindling supplies.
Source: Fundraiser Seeks to Support Chiloé Island’s Only Print Studio
Photo: Panther Media GmbH
The desert graveyard where the ancient Chinchorro decorated and buried their dead is now a Unesco World Heritage site…
Source: Chile’s archaeologists fight to save the world’s oldest mummies from climate change
Photo: Carlos Chow
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) logo illuminating against the Eiffel Tower on Friday commemorated the agency’s 75th annivesary.
Source: UNESCO celebrates 75th anniversary, logo lights up Eiffel Tower
Photo: BJT Online
One of Earth’s most remote destinations offers plenty to explore, starting with its famous ancient stone heads.
Source: Easter Island
Photo: De Agostini
In the Chilean desert, artfully preserved human remains are a symbol of local pride, but a changing climate threatens their existence.
Photo: Sierra News
Source: How Art Shapes Our Lives: The Moai of Rapa Nui | Sierra News Online
Photo: AFP
Unesco’s World Heritage Committee didn’t meet last year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, so they are reviewing the nominations for both 2020 and 2021.
All you need to know about Santiago to Valparaiso day trip. How to get there, things to do in Valparaiso and more! Check it out!
Source: Santiago to Valparaiso Day Trip. Things to Do in Valparaiso, Chile
These are the 20 works of architecture that you need to see during your next visit to the world famous Chilean port city.
Discover what to see and do on a cruise call into Castro, the main settlement on the island of Chiloé, off the coast of Chile in Telegraph expert guide…
From ancient ruins to mental hospitals that have been left to rot, these are the creepiest, most intriguing abandoned places around the world.
Source: 56 abandoned places around the world and the eerie stories behind them
Twenty-three hundred miles west of Chile is the island of Rapa Nui — 14 miles long by 7 miles wide with fewer than 8,000 residents.
Source: Rapa Nui: Navel of the world
How to spend 48 hours on the mysterious and remote Easter Island.
UNESCO has commended Chile for implementing various measures to safeguard the refineries.
Source: Chile’s Humberstone and Santa Laura Works Removed From World Heritage Sites List
This guide to Chiloe Island will help you choose between penguins, stilted houses, and old wooden churches when you visit Chiloe in the lakes district of southern Chile.
Source: How to Tour Chiloe Island: See Penguins, Palafitos, and Churches
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