Excavations of the bodies have been going on for many years, you can find out more from the Easter Island Statue Project. It’s generally accepted that the statues were made sometime between 1250 and 1500 AD. There is controversy surrounding why the bodies are buried. Was it time and erosion, or were they buried on purpose? Aliens? The soil surrounding the bodies for so long has preserved interesting carvings (petroglyphs, or rock markings)..
This one below has a sailing ship carved onto it…
I was just thinking about a possible reason how the heads could have been buried.
Considering the amount of earthquakes in the general area of the south Pacific Ocean, could a tsunami possibly have buried them? It would also explain why some are fallen.
Could this be how they did it?
They were dropped into the holes once carved….http://youtu.be/pCvx5gSnfW4
ever read fingerprint of the gods by graham hancock?
DO IT!
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A statue of the local ‘king’? My theory is that the statues were depictions of deceased leaders. Perhaps the excavators will find evidence of human remains nearby?
THROUGH LISTNING WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP THE SPEAKER COME TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS TRULY IN THERE HEART OR MIND.
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Dude! hes wearing a thong and hes got a tramp stamp! ;P
And have any of you ever read Thor Hyerdal?
Or about the local crew of natives that he paid to put up another head? The text said that a couple of locals quarried a head, transported it and set it up.
If a few guys could do that for beer money, imagine what a society that was unified in purpose (be it social or religious it makes no difference) could do. And if you wonder then consider:
The obilisk the British stole from the Romans, that the Romans stole from the Egyptians, that the Egyptions quarried and then transported 130 miles from the quarry to the erection site, has been moved and set up at least 3 times that we know of. That oblisk is slightly heavier than one of the easter island heads.
Do you believe in: Aliens? Lost technologies? Magic?
If so than you are at odds with observations.
Remember: Anything that is at odds with observation is wrong.
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Jay, I really think if you want possibilities for answers you could try reading the Earth Chronicles series written by Zecharia Sitchin. He (along with others) has a theory about the beginning of human life, and backs it up with archeological evidence and is also able to tie it in with the bible. I’m not sure I’m definitely sold on the theory, but is certainly a very interesting concept if his archeological evidence and his translations from ancient artifacts are correct…
Okay people….listen up….there is a scientific explaination to everything!! Just because we don’t understand it yet, doesn’t mean we won’t understand it in the future. We all thought the world was flat until proven otherwise by science…we thought we only existed for a few thousand years(thanks to the bible)until we discovered carbon dating. And made some key discoveries. We have come so far from the blind ignorance of our ancestors….let’s not dumb up our civilization by falling into the same mindset of “I don’t understand how they did it so it must be magic/aliens/god etc.”. The only rational thing to do is investigate, discuss, and hypothesize until we understand…and yes, this may involve disturbing ancient sites, but the knowledge and insight we gain from these endeavors helps us to grow as a cvilization through understanding better the ways of the past….if we don’t try to learn from the past, we will be cursed to relive our ancient ancestors mistakes. Don’t look to the past as an unsolvable mystic secret….instead think of it as a riddle who’s answer will further our knowledge…wild speculation and conjecture is what leads to witch burnings, human sacrifice and bloody crusades in the name of unsubstantiated conjecture