Easter Island has been an interesting experience. The wonder of these people who could carve such large figures from stone, transport them many kilometers away and erect them reminds us of the wonders of the Great Pyramid, Taj Mahal, Machu Pichu and Chichen Itza.
The archeologists here have theories on how the moai were erected and in their reconstruction efforts have proven the theory with a moai weighing tons. The moai were very gradually raised by using ramps to initially place the statue face down. They then pulled the figures up a little bit with ropes from the back, inserting stones in the front, pull up again, insert stones... repeat until erect. The largest moai erected by the Rapa Nui people weights 86 tons. Sounds like a tremendously daunting activity undertaken by many, many people over a very long period.
And then there are the ahu blocks weighing tons which are perfect cut and placed. Perplexing.
The archeologists here have theories on how the moai were erected and in their reconstruction efforts have proven the theory with a moai weighing tons. The moai were very gradually raised by using ramps to initially place the statue face down. They then pulled the figures up a little bit with ropes from the back, inserting stones in the front, pull up again, insert stones... repeat until erect. The largest moai erected by the Rapa Nui people weights 86 tons. Sounds like a tremendously daunting activity undertaken by many, many people over a very long period.
And then there are the ahu blocks weighing tons which are perfect cut and placed. Perplexing.
It makes one wonder if there were ancient technologies now long lost, not just brute force and simple physics.
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