Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Walking Statues of Easter Island.

I know i've covered Easter Island in a couple previous posts, and may have even covered this theory, but here's an article which lays out evidence and a video for why some scientists believe that the giant statues of Easter Island "walked" to their final location, rather than being rolled on logs. Take a look...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=easter-island-statues-might-have-been-walked-out-of-quarry

Note that the director of the Easter Island Statue Project disagrees. Her team has shown that the statues could have been moved by rolling on logs, and she claims that the experiment is more of a stunt than anything of scientific value.

It seems like it's still up in the air. Some of the evidence backs the walking theory and fits well, while a more simple and seemingly logical approach would be the rolling on logs...both sides claim evidence and I personally think the "walking" theory is an ingenious solution to moving such large sculptures, whether or not it's true to history. Guess we'll have to wait and see...

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