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Easter Island Continues To Baffle The Heck Out Of Archaeologists
Topic Started: May 18 2010, 06:27 AM (661 Views)
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For 50 years, archaeologists assumed that the 800-year-old road network on Easter Island was used to transport the mysterious moai. But new fieldwork from UK researchers shows that the roads were mostly ceremonial. How did those blockheads get there?

In 1958, Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame posited that the roads on Easter Island were used for transportation, and that knocked-over statues next to the road were abandoned by their ancient Polynesian builders. Researchers from University College London and The University of Manchester have however discovered stone platforms that correspond with the fallen statues. According to Dr. Colin Richards of the University of Manchester:

The truth of the matter is, we will never know how the statues were moved [...] Ever since Heyerdahl, archeologists have come up with all manner of theories – based on an underlying assumption that the roads were used for transportation of the moai, from the quarry at the volcanic cone Rano Raraku [...] What we do now know is that the roads had a ceremonial function to underline their religious and cultural importance [...] They lead – from different parts of the island – to the Rano Raraku volcano where the Moai were quarried.

This evidence confirms Katherine Routledge's mostly ignored 1914 theory that the roads were primarily ceremonial. Says UCL's Dr Sue Hamilton:

It all makes sense: the moai face the people walking towards the volcano [...] What is shocking is that Heyerdahl actually found some evidence to suggest there were indeed platforms [...] But like many other archaeologists, he was so swayed by his cast iron belief that the roads were for transportation – he completely ignored them.

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I read a story once that said the moai were watching for the rise of Ry'leh and the return of Cthulhu.

Makes as much sense as anything, truthfully. :)
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Funny how we never give Early man any credit for His Work.
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The rongorongo script of Easter Island is another great mystery

http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/fischer.html
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...and still not only how they were moved, but why built in the first place? And who knocked the hats off and why?
...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal....
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Sure has me baffled in general, not to mention how the stones were raised and relocated? I bet the "Easter Bunny" wasn't involved..or maybe the UFOs had nothing better to do???
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some swearing; some dying, some crying for a surgeon;
....some upon their wives left poor behind them;
...some upon the debts they owed;
some upon their children rawly left.

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