Scientists Make Easter Island Moai Statue Walk

Posted on June 22, 2012

National Geographic has published a new feature about Easter Island and its famous colossal statues, known as Moai. The features includes a new theory on the way the statues were moved. Researchers Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo tested a new theory that suggests ancient Easter Islanders may have used ropes to "walk" the Moai statues to their platforms. The statue is 10-feet-tall and weighs 5 tons. Take a look:

Another research project, EISP (Easter Island Statue Project), has been excavating some of the buried Moai statues and ancient petroglyphs were found on their bodies.

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