Just to be clear, I heard this theory like twenty years ago. And from what I remember, native islanders considered it one of the more credible ones.
Starry080 on
That looks fun
weeeeeeeeeee he’s walkin
topcat5 on
I’d imagine this doesn’t work so well on a hilly rocky volcanic island.
AcrobaticMost3118 on
its funny to me that they prove it with mini versions of the real thing… like moving a 2 stone is the same as moving a 250 tons stone
Anyway, at least they try to explain the mysteries of the world.
Reverb20 on
I saw this documentary 15 years ago
p-wing on
which one? there are so mamy
Future_Definition_55 on
They found the reason.
SwimmerExcellent1862 on
If not being in Eastern Island (Chile) , looks right…but they were cut at the Volcano side, with an interesting downhill component. They are also horizontally sculpted from the rock, so you have to raise them first. Making “Walk” like this a volcanic rock, means marks on it, body is far more detailed. They have no marks of ropes on the top. Stress on neck may also have break the volcanic stone, remember this weights several tons (minimum 4 Tons).
And last but not least, most of them are much higher, making the balance even harder. Biggest are 9m and weight 80 tons…with a rope balancing them downhill… success rate would be really unrespectable for they ancetres, which they intend to honor.
Real size and Shape:
This Moai was at his final location and used to stand complete above the soil. So somehow was “sinked by Nature” 3 meters. Not all moais are like the ones in “Ahu Tongariki”
Btw, I lived in Chile for 50 years and have family in Eastern island, married with a Native and they have one kid raised on their local way.
Interesting, I would guess they used more than one technique, espeically considering they are all different sizes and some are going to be easier to move than others.
NaBeHobby on
The indigenous people: “wtf this is WAY easier than pushing it”
vandrossboxset on
This about the Easter baskets?
___TheAmbassador on
Why not have a big ol’ stone that can roll and then carve it once in place?
burnjanso on
I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
eyeballburger on
I guess they’d’ve had rope.
SingleSoil on
Gotta keep it blindfolded so he doesn’t know the route to where he was.
Igusy on
Did they move them on flat solid land and x5 bigger?
FruitSila on
So… its not aliens ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
MagzyMegastar on
Thor Heyerdahl wrote about this in his book Aku-Aku, back in 1957, as he tested exactly this theory, along with other methods of moving these statues.
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Just to be clear, I heard this theory like twenty years ago. And from what I remember, native islanders considered it one of the more credible ones.
That looks fun
weeeeeeeeeee he’s walkin
I’d imagine this doesn’t work so well on a hilly rocky volcanic island.
its funny to me that they prove it with mini versions of the real thing… like moving a 2 stone is the same as moving a 250 tons stone
Anyway, at least they try to explain the mysteries of the world.
I saw this documentary 15 years ago
which one? there are so mamy
They found the reason.
If not being in Eastern Island (Chile) , looks right…but they were cut at the Volcano side, with an interesting downhill component. They are also horizontally sculpted from the rock, so you have to raise them first. Making “Walk” like this a volcanic rock, means marks on it, body is far more detailed. They have no marks of ropes on the top. Stress on neck may also have break the volcanic stone, remember this weights several tons (minimum 4 Tons).
And last but not least, most of them are much higher, making the balance even harder. Biggest are 9m and weight 80 tons…with a rope balancing them downhill… success rate would be really unrespectable for they ancetres, which they intend to honor.
Real size and Shape:
https://preview.redd.it/98t9zml8g5pd1.png?width=200&format=png&auto=webp&s=dcf88952b15033664833e80d61ff69e4bb840fe9
This Moai was at his final location and used to stand complete above the soil. So somehow was “sinked by Nature” 3 meters. Not all moais are like the ones in “Ahu Tongariki”
Btw, I lived in Chile for 50 years and have family in Eastern island, married with a Native and they have one kid raised on their local way.
[https://english.radio.cz/czech-who-made-moai-statues-walk-returns-easter-island-8069151](https://english.radio.cz/czech-who-made-moai-statues-walk-returns-easter-island-8069151)
…:)
Interesting, I would guess they used more than one technique, espeically considering they are all different sizes and some are going to be easier to move than others.
The indigenous people: “wtf this is WAY easier than pushing it”
This about the Easter baskets?
Why not have a big ol’ stone that can roll and then carve it once in place?
I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
I guess they’d’ve had rope.
Gotta keep it blindfolded so he doesn’t know the route to where he was.
Did they move them on flat solid land and x5 bigger?
So… its not aliens ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Thor Heyerdahl wrote about this in his book Aku-Aku, back in 1957, as he tested exactly this theory, along with other methods of moving these statues.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aku-Aku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aku-Aku)