Scientists Finally Discovered the Truth About Easter Island
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Published 2017-10-29
We all know that the easter island heads have bodies – that’s not a mystery at all. But how did the easter island population build hundreds of statues? Scientists have recently solved this mystery and discovered where these people disappeared to and why.
For many decades, people's minds have been occupied with the mystery of Easter Island. A remote piece of volcanic soil, far away in the Pacific Ocean... But our planet hosts thousands of such lonely islands, what is so particular about this one?
The mystery is concealed not in the island itself but giant stone statues covering it. Who created the world-famous huge stone heads? Did they serve any specific purpose? Where did their creators arrive from and where did they disappear?
Well, it seems the answer is finally just around the corner!
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TIMESTAMPS
What do we know about Easter Island? 1:05
Amazing facts about Easter Island 2:18
How have the statues been moved around the island? 5:25
How could create Easter Island monuments? 7:24
What happened to people on Easter Island? 8:09
SUMMARY
- Where is Easter Island located?
Rapa Nui (which is the name given to Easter Island by its first inhabitants) is the territory of Chile and is situated in the southern Pacific Ocean. And it is so, so far that you can easily consider it one of the most distant places on the world's map. It lies 1,200 miles away from Pitcairn, which is its closest neighbor.
- What's the main secret of the statues?
Most statues (834 out of 887) were carved from the material called tuff which is, in fact, compressed volcanic ash. Curiously, all the statues except one group face inland. It means their backs are turned to the ocean. Perhaps the reason for that was the belief that the statues were the protectors of the villagers that's why they overlooked the settlement. The only statues not fitting into this pattern can be found at Ahu Akivi, a sacred place for the people of Rapa Nui.
- Theories about how the statues had been moved.
One of the most popular ones among the lovers of mysteries was the belief that the statues had been created and moved by aliens. But even if you like this theory, we are sorry to debunk it. The stone the statues were built from originates from the island itself. The birthplace of most of the material was an extinct volcano situated in the north-east of Easter Island and not another planet.
- A new study about the island.
A new study has been conducted recently to specify the maximum number of the inhabitants in the heyday of the island's civilization.
The results arrived, and they were quite unexpected. It turned out that as many as 17 and a half thousand people could comfortably live on the island. At least 19 percent of the land could be covered with the fields of sweet potatoes that used to be the main source of food for the population. What is more, the islanders consumed quite a lot of seafood and fish.
- Why did people on Easter Island disappear?
At first, it was believed that the reason for such a decrease of the population was an ecocide. The natives cut out large forests and palm trees making spare room for moving the statues around as well as agriculture. They thought the trees were going to grow back fast enough. It was a misleading concept. The deterioration of the environment resulted in hunger. And this, in turn, led to wars and cannibalism.
Nowadays, however, such a theory has been proven wrong. First of all, Rapa Nui inhabitants seemed to be very talented agricultural engineers. They deliberately fertilized the fields with the volcanic rock. In fact, another research has shown that people had been living on the island for many centuries. And the population only started to decrease when Europeans began visiting.
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All Comments (21)
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Guys, what do you think was the purpose of the Easter Island heads?
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“ How could a handful of inhabitants create such magnificent and numerous monuments?” They had lots of TIME and no internet
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Nobody: The thumbnail: đź—ż đź’Ş
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My friend visited easter island a few years ago he only caught internet at his hotel but shared so many stories that the people who occupy the island believed
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Excellent video........ it answered a couple of the questions I've been carrying around in my head for a lifetime!
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I'm from the Pacific Islands, and from what I've learned, the clans of Rapa Nui would compete with each other by seeing who could carve bigger statues. It was a way to show dominance. And I'm not sure if I remember this correctly, but each statue that was carved is supposed to represent a member of their respective clans. And one common belief that most of us islanders share is that our ancestors were humongous. They were extremely tall and big. That may be why they were able to move the statues.
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I was surprised by one of the first things they said. I had no idea there were over 800 of those things. Every time you see pictures they show 8 or 10.
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Another mystery about the Island ( for me anyways ) is how was such a tiny and remote island discovered in the first place hundreds of years ago? It may seem to have been beyond the navigation technology, but it could have been a very simple explanation; birds. They release the birds on the boat out at sea and then follow the birds path, as they would instinctively find the nearest land.
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What we need to do is think outside the box on this mystery. So that would need a big think tank, what is going on here? As this remains one of the biggest mystery yet to be solved. 1. Aside from being a monumental achievement possibly on one of the largest collections of "Stonemason monuments ever left behind", has earnt it the respect it so well deserves. Now to solve the why? 2. If I left you as in "Mankind" a puzzle to work out the least I would expect you to do is work it out. This is exactly one of those occasions. Who, why, would you leave such a puzzle behind. The obvious reason, is that at some point someone will work it out. That firstly it is a puzzle, and secondly it's trying to tell us a message, but that message will have to wait a long, long time. Here's the kicker' the people who left the message knew that their message and the secrets it holds would be brought to light when it was nearing the right time, which is clearly now. 3. The first and foremost question that one would rationally ask is in what direction/s do each of the heads point? Now the suggestion that it is over looking the tribe is both a little over dramatic and totally non-sensical. Yes, if you want to suggest or think they were so absorbed of themselves, you could allow yourself to reach that conclusion in a heartbeat, but really!!! Let's give this tribe a little more respect for being intelligent and have a more meaning purpose. 4. We know that all the materials came from the Island. We also know that all the heads point in one particular direction? What is symbolic about the shape of the head, as they are not a usual head shape? Do the tops of the heads point to any star constellation in our Universe? Is the line of sight if drawn around the globe tie in with any coincidental location that would be some testimony to this tribe? If you join all the dots of where the heads are placed around the Island does it form a big arrow pointing to what? Exactly? 5. Historians throughout the centuries have been left pieces of a puzzle which eventually all interlocks to form the "Big Picture" my understanding is that big picture is the same as "As Above, So Below" we just have to work it out. Just the same way that the "Great Pyramids of Giza" on Earth represents "Orion" up above!
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My version of heaven will be just basically flying through time and getting answers to all the world's mysteries.
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Who,is watching this in 2019
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Its a wonderful video with lots of unknown facts. thanks.
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It’s so weird how there’s easter eggs in real life. Stonehenge, easter island, and probably some other things we haven’t seen yet
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Everyone watching this be like : đź—ż
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I just love ❤ this kind of stuff. Always eager to learn more about everything 💯. The more you think you know, is when you don't really know anything. Thanks guys for giving more knowledge to me.
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Thank you for introducing theses stories
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These videos are so much more interesting when I’m supposed to be asleep
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im like 2 years late in june 2019. who's still watching?
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Quite interesting and the explanation is quite acceptable. Liked very much the vdo.
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People in 2017: OMG!!1!!11!!! People in 2022: moai đź—ż
