EASTER ISLAND DISCOVERS ITS SECRETS.

Moai (statue, idol, idol) - monolithic stone statues on the Pacific Easter Island, which belongs to Chile. Made by the aboriginal Polynesian population between 1250 and 1500. There are now 887 known statues.

Do you have a question, what is there in the ground at the heads of Easter Island? Here we are used to seeing them like this:

And now, after 12 years of excavation, scientists have discovered the bodies of stone idols.

A research team led by Anna Van Tilburg, leader of the Easter Island Sculpture Project, found that Easter Island statues have bodies as well as heads. The sizes of the bodies of idols are comparable in size to the heads - the length of the bodies reaches 7 meters.

The researcher notes that the idea that the idols of Easter Island have only heads is due to the fact that only 150 sculptures buried in the ground up to their shoulders are most often captured in photographs. Meanwhile, there are about 800 of them on the island. According to archaeologists, the statues were not originally buried. They sank underground under the influence of climate change.

During the excavations, archaeologists found out that the statues were painted with red pigment, the newspaper Mirror writes. In addition, human burials were found not far from the statues.

It is noted that during the excavations, mechanisms were found that made it possible to install the colossi. Scientists have found that the idols were dragged to the place of installation in a horizontal position, and then installed in a dug hole. Ropes and tree trunks were used as guides.

The backs of the stone idols are covered with inscriptions, archaeologists say. Anna Van Tilburg suggests that the petroglyphs covering the torso of the "handsome" may have been signed by the sculptor or the group of the owners of the statue.

The 887 stone giants of Easter Island are the patrons of the island. Easter Island statues are also called Moai. Contrary to popular belief, they do not look towards the ocean, but inland. Some moai have redstone caps. Moai were made in quarries in the center of the island. And their height sometimes reaches 20 meters.

MY OPINION.

Learned to dig, unearthed ... what's next? Now they will broadcast a LIE to the whole world about how illiterate local aborigines sculpted these 20-meter giants and, with the help of ropes and their puny, frail little handles, installed these stone statues, some weighing up to 300 tons. How hard it was for them, probably, if even now there are no such technologies for the manufacture and movement of such stone giants. All this false farce arranged on Easter Island once again confirms the complete falsehood of the history taught in educational institutions of the planet Earth. So, I advise all reasonable, thinking people to take the noodles off their ears and read E.R. Muldasheva.

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For many decades, scientists have tried to uncover the secret of building giant moai idols on one of the most mysterious islands - Easter. Researchers carefully studied not only the statues themselves, but also the area around them, trying to find an answer to the question of how the moai were transported, as well as how they ended up on their heads with multi-ton red stone pukao hats. The application of the laws of physics, methods of archeology and computer 3D modeling allowed, finally, to find a solution to this phenomenon.

The most mysterious island

Easter Island is fraught with many secrets and mysteries. For many years, scientists have been trying, one by one, to discover its secrets. An amazing civilization that existed on the island about two millennia ago left impressive moai figures to descendants. According to researchers, giant idols are deified figures of ancestors and relatives of the ancient Polynesians.

According to studies, the civilization itself practically ceased to exist long before the moment when a man's foot stepped on the island. There were two versions of why this could happen: a murderous war that exterminated the tribes that existed on the island, and the depletion of the island's natural resources.

Tips for copies of the mat "a. / Photo: www.oursociety.ru

However, the study of different types of spearheads of "mata" a "made it possible to conclude that they were not a murder weapon, but could only injure the enemy. Therefore, the assumption of the disappearance of civilization as a result of war has not been confirmed.

Rather, there was a depletion of resources, and then the arrival of Europeans on the island with its actual occupation by slave traders. At that time, the moai culture had almost completely disappeared and was replaced by the more aggressive bird-man culture. Thus, somewhere in the middle of the 19th century, the remains of an ancient civilization were completely destroyed.

The destruction of the culture itself and the speakers of the language became the main difficulty in unraveling the secret of stone idols. Scientists were extremely worried about the appearance of pukao on idols, these amazing hats weighing up to 15 tons each.

The study of the gigantic sculptures showed that the torso and the hat contain different volcanic rocks, which are located at a very great distance from each other, in different parts of the island. American anthropologists have spent many years looking for clues and finally were able to answer the burning question about the mechanism of building moai idols.

The researchers took into account not only the condition of the surface and the presence of scratches and damage on the idols and their hats, but also all the artifacts found and the condition of the island's soil.

Ancient moai scholars

As a result of scrupulous calculations, it was concluded that the only possible way to put the hat on the head of the idol. At the same time, the issue was resolved with small forces: colossal deforestation and the participation of a large number of people in construction were not required.

The statues themselves turned out to be made in such a way that they had the ability to straighten themselves if there was not too much tilt. This made it possible to move the statues, slightly shifting them alternately in different directions. In this way, people today move large bulky objects, in small steps from side to side. The idols were slowly but surely moving over considerable distances.

But the hats did not get to the idols completely ready. From the quarry where the pukao blanks were made, they were simply rolled, as evidenced by scratches on the surface. Already near the idol for which the hat was intended, the blank was finalized and, using a very simple method, put on the stone owner.

The natives of Easter Island built a fairly gentle slide from sand and rubble, then wrapped a rope around the pukao and tied it to an idol. Pulling out the free end, they lifted the hat up a hill, where it was simply turned on its side and placed on the head of the monument.

This version has found a lot of evidence: the remnants of slides near some of the lying idols, a recess in the pukao, with which the hat is held on the head. An additional confirmation was the fact that all the idols initially stood at a slight slope to the ground. It was this slope that made it possible to put on a hat on the monument, and then straighten it, simply by removing some stones from the back of the pedestal.

This method made it possible to do without the participation of a large number of people. To set up giants, the ancient Polynesians used their sharp mind, the laws of physics, a handful of people and a small amount of natural resources. And they left a memory of themselves for centuries.

Another unique seated moai Tukuturi.

Easter Island idols - giant stone heads that adorn the entire island.

Chile's small Easter Island in the South Pacific is one of the most mysterious corners of our planet. Hearing this name, one immediately remembers the cult of birds, the mysterious writings of the kohau rongo-rongo and the cyclopean stone platforms of ahu. But the most important attraction of the island is the moai.

Moai - statues-idols of Easter Island

There are 997 statues in total on Easter Island. Most of them are rather chaotic, but some are lined up. The appearance of stone idols is peculiar, and idols of Easter Island cannot be confused with anything else.
For example, nothing like this.

Huge heads on frail bodies, faces with characteristic powerful chins and facial features cut out with an ax - all these are moai statues.

Moai reach a height of five to seven meters. There are individual specimens ten meters high, but there are only a few of these on the island. Despite these dimensions, the weight statues on Easter Island on average does not exceed 5 tons. This low weight is due to the raw material.

To create the statue, they used volcanic tuff, which is much lighter than basalt or some other heavy stone. This material is closest in structure to pumice, somewhat resembles a sponge and crumbles quite easily.

Easter Island idols and the first Europeans

In general, there are many secrets in the history of Easter Island. Its discoverer, Captain Juan Fernandez, fearing competitors, decided to keep his find, made in 1578, a secret, and after some time he accidentally died under mysterious circumstances. Whether or not what the Spaniard found was Easter Island is still unclear.

144 years later, in 1722, the Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeven stumbled upon Easter Island, and this event took place on the day of Christian Easter. So, quite by chance, the island of Te Pito about those Henois, which in translation from the local dialect means the Center of the World, turned into Easter Island.

In his notes, the admiral indicated that the Aborigines held ceremonies in front of stone heads, lit fires and fell into a state similar to a trance, rocking back and forth.

What moai were for the islanders, they did not find out, but most likely the stone statues served as idols. Researchers also suggest that the stone sculptures could have been statues of deceased ancestors.

It is interesting that Admiral Roggeven with his squadron did not just sail in the area, he tried in vain to find the elusive land of Davis, an English pirate, which, according to his descriptions, was discovered 35 years before the Dutch expedition. True, no one, except Davis and his team, has ever seen the newly discovered archipelago.

In subsequent years, interest in the island declined. In 1774, James Cook arrived on the island, who discovered that over the years some idols of Easter Island were overturned. Most likely this was due to the war between the aboriginal tribes, but official confirmation was never obtained.

The standing idols were last seen in 1830. A French squadron then arrived on Easter Island. After that, no one else saw the statues installed by the islanders themselves. All of them were either overturned or destroyed.

How the statues appeared on Easter Island

Distant craftsmen cut down "" on the slopes of the Rano Roraku volcano, located in the eastern part of the island, from soft volcanic tuff. Then the finished statues were lowered down the slope and placed along the perimeter of the island, at a distance of more than 10 km.

The height of most of the idols is from five to seven meters, while the later statues reached 10 and 12 meters. Tuff, or, as it is also called, pumice, from which they are made, resembles a sponge in structure and easily crumbles even with a slight impact on it. so that the average weight of a "moai" does not exceed 5 tons.

Stone ahu - platform-pedestals: they reached 150 m in length and 3 m in height, and consisted of pieces weighing up to 10 tons.

All the moai that are currently on the island were restored in the 20th century. The last restoration work took place relatively recently - in the period from 1992 to 1995.

At one time, Admiral Roggeven, recalling his journey to the island, argued that the natives made fires in front of the "moai" idols and squatted next to them, bowing their heads. Then they folded their arms and swung them up and down. Of course, this observation cannot explain who the idols really were for the islanders.

Roggeven and his companions could not understand how, without using thick wooden rollers and strong ropes, it was possible to move and install such blocks. The islanders had no wheels, no draft animals, and no other source of energy other than their own muscles.

Ancient legends say that the statues walked by themselves. There is no point in asking how this actually happened, because there is still no documentary evidence left.

There are many hypotheses of the movement of "moai", some are even confirmed by experiments, but all this proves only one thing - it was possible in principle. And the statues were moved by the inhabitants of the island and no one else. What did they do it for? This is where the discrepancies begin.

It still remains a mystery who and why created all these stone faces, whether there is any sense in the chaotic placement of statues on the island, why some of the statues were overturned. There are many theories that answer these questions, but none of them has been officially confirmed.

Everything that exists on the island today was restored in the 20th century.

The last restoration of fifteen "moai" located between the Rano Roraku volcano and the Poike peninsula took place relatively recently - from 1992 to 1995. Moreover, the Japanese were engaged in restoration work.

The local aborigines could clarify the situation if they survived to this day. The fact is that in the middle of the 19th century, an epidemic of smallpox broke out on the island, which was brought from the continent. The disease wiped out the islanders at the root ...

In the second half of the 19th century, the cult of the bird-man also died. This strange, unique for the whole of Polynesia, ceremony was dedicated to Makemake - the supreme deity of the islanders. The Chosen One became his earthly incarnation. And, interestingly, the elections were held regularly, once a year.

At the same time, the most active part in them was taken by servants or soldiers. It depended on them whether their master, the head of the family clan, Tangata-manu, or a bird-man. It is to this rite that the main cult center, the rocky village of Orongo, on the largest volcano Rano Kao in the western tip of the island, owes its origin. Although, perhaps, Orongo existed long before the emergence of the cult of Tangata-manu.

Legends say that the heir to the legendary Hotu Matua, the first leader to arrive on the island, was born here. In turn, his descendants, hundreds of years later, themselves gave the signal for the start of the annual competition.

Easter Island was and remains a truly "blank" spot on the map of the globe. It is difficult to find a piece of land like it, which would keep so many secrets that most likely will never be solved.

In the spring, the messengers of the god Makemake - black sea swallows - flew to the small islands of Motu-Kao-Kao, Motu-Iti and Motu-Nui, located near the coast. The warrior who was the first to find the first egg of these birds and deliver it by swimming to his master received seven beautiful women as a reward. Well, the owner became a leader, or, rather, a bird-man, receiving universal respect, honor and privileges.

The last Tangata-Manu ceremony took place in the 60s of the XIX century. After the disastrous pirate raid of the Peruvians in 1862, when pirates took the entire male population of the island into slavery, there was no one and no one to choose the bird-man.

Why did the natives of Easter Island carve the "moai" statues in the quarry? Why did they stop doing this? The society that created the statues had to be significantly different from the 2,000 people Roggeven saw. It had to be well organized. What happened to him?

For more than two and a half centuries, the mystery of Easter Island remained unsolved. Most theories about the history and development of Easter Island are based on oral tradition.

This happens because no one still can understand what is written in written sources - the famous tablets "ko hau motu mor rongorongo", which roughly means - a manuscript for recitation.

Most of them were destroyed by Christian missionaries, but those that survived could probably shed light on the history of this mysterious island. And although the scientific world has been agitated more than once by reports that the ancient writings have finally been deciphered, upon careful examination, all this turned out to be not a very accurate interpretation of oral facts and legends.

Easter Island idols: history

Several years ago, paleontologist David Steadman and several other researchers performed the first systematic study of Easter Island in order to find out what its flora and fauna were like. The result was data for a new, surprising and instructive, interpretation of the history of its settlers.

Easter Island was inhabited around 400 AD. e. The period of making the statues dates back to 1200-1500. The number of inhabitants by that time ranged from 7,000 to 20,000 people. Several hundred people are enough to lift and move the statue, who used ropes and rollers from trees, which were available at that time in sufficient quantities.

The corner of paradise, opened by the first settlers, became practically lifeless 1600 years later. Fertile soil, an abundance of food, a lot of building materials, sufficient living space, all possibilities for a comfortable existence were destroyed. At the time of Heyerdahl's visit to the island, there was a single toromiro tree; now he's gone.

It all began with the fact that a few centuries after arriving on the island, people began, like their Polynesian ancestors, to set stone idols on platforms. Over time, the statues grew larger; their heads began to be decorated with red 10-ton crowns.

• Address: Easter Island, Chile;
• Manufactured: between 1250 and 1500;
• Approximate quantity: 887 statues;
• Average weight: less than 5 tons;
• Average height: 3-5 m.

One of the wonders of the world, the moai statues, are located in the central Pacific Ocean. The island belongs, it got its name because it was discovered by a Dutch navigator on Easter Sunday. In addition to statues, tourists come to see the unique landscape, volcanic craters, beaches with clear blue water.

Moai - description and interesting facts

Everyone has seen the statues on Easter Island at least once in absentia - there are an abundance of photos of monuments, but they will not be able to create a complete impression, so at the first opportunity you should visit the island and see them live.

How many statues are there on Easter Island? Thanks to continuous archaeological excavations, about 887 statues have already been found. These stone giants with large heads and shapeless bodies are scattered throughout the island.

What are the statues on Easter Island called? Locals call them moai, attributing special powers to them and believing that the spiritual power of the island is contained in the blocks. Only thanks to her, good weather is established, success in love and war, and the collection of a rich harvest is possible. Quite often you can hear that the stone statues of Easter Island choose their own place of installation. Mana, the so-called supernatural power, revives the statues, after which they themselves find their place.

What are the statues made of on Easter Island?Their appearance dates back to the XIII-XVI centuries. Most moai are made from volcanic tuff, which is easy to work with, and only a small part are made from trachyte or basalt. There is also a statue especially revered by the local population - Hoa-Haka-Nan-Ia, which is made of mujierite from the Rano Kao volcano.

Where did the statues on Easter Island come from? It is obvious that their construction took a lot of time and effort. At first, there were legends about the leader of the Hotu Matu'a clan, who first found the island and settled on it. Only in 1955-1956 did the truth become clear, this happened when the famous Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl visited the statues, the origin of which occupied the minds of all scientists, erected the dying tribe of "long-eared". Such a strange name came from the long earlobes, which were decorated with heavy earrings. Since the secret of the creation of moai was carefully hidden from the indigenous population, the inhabitants attributed miraculous properties to them.

As the surviving representatives of the long-eared tribe explained to the traveler, the moai monuments were created by their ancestors. They themselves knew the manufacturing process only in theory. But yielding to the requests of Thor Heyerdahl, the representatives of the tribe carved the statue with stone hammers, moved it to a certain place, and raised it, placing stones under the base, three logs acted as levers. This technology was passed down orally from generation to generation, from an early age children listened to stories by adults and repeated what they remembered. This continued until the children learned the process completely.

Rumors of evil stone idols

Moai statues on Easter Island were blamed for the extinction of the local population. According to one group of scientists, the erection of the monuments led to the destruction of the forest, because they were transported on wooden rollers. Because of this, the sources of food were reduced, and soon there was a famine. This led to the almost complete extinction of the local population. Another group of scientists claims that Polynesian rats were the cause of the disappearance of trees. The modern statues were restored already in the 20th century, as earthquakes and tsunamis severely damaged them. Only a few monuments erected by the ancient Rapanui survived.

Amazing discoveries

At first, stone moai were perceived as mysterious faces installed on the slopes of Easter Island. Since archaeologists did not abandon their attempts to understand the purpose of the idols, excavations began to be carried out. As a result, when the statues on Easter Island were dug up, they found that the heads have bodies, the total length of the bodies reaches about 7 m.At least 150 of the most easily recognizable moai were buried on the shoulders, and this misled the people that only heads. Now that the whole world has discovered what they found under the statues on Easter Island, the flow of tourists has only increased, which the locals are very happy about, because tourism is the main source of income for the island.