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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:35:49 PM EST
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The statues " walked " to the seashore from the quarry!
No mention of the red top-knot placed upon the head of each one, yea they were gingers. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:36:19 PM EST
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Double post, sorry!
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:38:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Now imagine if we had progressed a little bit slower than we have, they might have been completely buried and possibly never found. And to that, how many historical things ARE completely buried and unknown to man. I’m imagining how my life would be different if the statues of Easter Island had never been discovered. Other than not posting about Easter Island statues on arf.com, I can’t think of anything. 
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:41:34 PM EST
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That is cool! Where is the actually hi-res version of this photo? I am off to search!
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:42:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My kid said he read that carving and raising the moai consumed all the wood on the Island so they ended up unable to shelter, cook or leave I’m guessing he read Jared Diamond. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:43:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryJust as the Book of Pez foretold...... 
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:44:22 PM EST
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:44:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Now imagine if we had progressed a little bit slower than we have, they might have been completely buried and possibly never found. And to that, how many historical things ARE completely buried and unknown to man. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg Now imagine if we had progressed a little bit slower than we have, they might have been completely buried and possibly never found. And to that, how many historical things ARE completely buried and unknown to man. I love thinking about stuff like this... I am very excited for the new things we will rediscover in the future. Especially with technology improving (LIDAR, ground searching sonar/radar etc.), it's gonna be crazy. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:45:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The statues " walked " to the seashore from the quarry! No mention of the red top-knot placed upon the head of each one, yea they were gingers. I remember seeing a video where a group of people were trying to recreate how to "walk" the statues. IIRC, the bottoms are beveled, and the team managed to walk them by using ropes to make the statues lean and pivot. It was quite interesting to see a group of people move something that large with just ropes. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:46:41 PM EST
[#10]
So now the exposed carvings will weather and erode away.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:49:31 PM EST
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Way too many white people in this pic… |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:49:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So, aliens? Obviously. People back then didn't have the technology to bury a statue that big. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:50:12 PM EST
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Here I thought they were only heads.
Now I want to go see them |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:50:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How in the hell did they bury that thing The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg If they got buried over a great deal of time, wouldn’t the erosion/damage or lack of detail reflect that? |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:51:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The statues " walked " to the seashore from the quarry! No mention of the red top-knot placed upon the head of each one, yea they were gingers. Man bun gingers. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:51:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OSHA is crapping bricks at their excavation walls. Was waiting for this  Trench safety? We don't need no stinkin' trench safety. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:51:25 PM EST
[#17]
Epic
@bigpony |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:53:31 PM EST
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If Easter Island interests you, the movie Rapa Nui is a good flick from the 90s about the Short Ears and the Long Ears. Fictional drama.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:55:48 PM EST
[#19]
Very cool.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:56:28 PM EST
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Also, there's a good chapter in Jared Diamond's book Collapse that covers Easter Island.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 12:58:57 PM EST
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One has to suspect that part of the reason we don't hear much about the Easter Islanders in the media, is because of how hard it is to cover up the uncomfortable truth that they raised a large, impressive civilization..that then utterly destroyed itself before the Europeans showed up.
Really, really hard to find a systemic racism angle on that one. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:01:18 PM EST
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To think, some civilization made it way the hell out there, way back when sailing was probably in its infancy! So cool.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:01:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Agree. Now Greg Brady will have to come back and rebury the Taboo statue to rid him and the family of bad luck.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:05:07 PM EST
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Enjoyed my trip there.
Walked from one end of the island to the other. Pro tip. Try to time your visit during their annual festival, like I did. Rapa Nui Week |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:08:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love thinking about stuff like this... I am very excited for the new things we will rediscover in the future. Especially with technology improving (LIDAR, ground searching sonar/radar etc.), it's gonna be crazy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg Now imagine if we had progressed a little bit slower than we have, they might have been completely buried and possibly never found. And to that, how many historical things ARE completely buried and unknown to man. I love thinking about stuff like this... I am very excited for the new things we will rediscover in the future. Especially with technology improving (LIDAR, ground searching sonar/radar etc.), it's gonna be crazy. Right there with you. I love shit like this. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:09:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m imagining how my life would be different if the statues of Easter Island had never been discovered. Other than not posting about Easter Island statues on arf.com, I can’t think of anything. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Now imagine if we had progressed a little bit slower than we have, they might have been completely buried and possibly never found. And to that, how many historical things ARE completely buried and unknown to man. I’m imagining how my life would be different if the statues of Easter Island had never been discovered. Other than not posting about Easter Island statues on arf.com, I can’t think of anything. Tough crowd lol 
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:09:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg Old. That hole is around 20 feet deep thats a lot of deposits in a relatively short geological time. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:12:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the island that buried the statues lower half. These events enveloped the statues and gradually buried them to their heads as the islands naturally weathered and eroded through the centuries. Easter Island is situated within the Nazca Plate and is a volcanic hot spot, similar to the Hawaiian Island chain. This hot spot produced the Sala y Gomez ridge which spans East of Easter Island as the Pacific Ocean opened through the East Pacific Rise. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Ftrevornace%2Ffiles%2F2017%2F07%2Feaster-island-hot-spot-1200x748.jpg That place is in the middle of nowhere. I've always found the remoteness of places like Easter,Pitcain, and St. Helena interesting. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:13:59 PM EST
[#29]
You would think they could pressure wash the thing before taking pics. Looks like shit.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:15:57 PM EST
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they're all trying to take a piss....and they can't go with you weirdos watching...
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:17:10 PM EST
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Cool!
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:18:11 PM EST
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:21:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They supposedly only inhabited the Island 800 years ago around 1200AD yet it took awhile for the civilisation to grow and start carving those. That statue is probably like 6 to 7 hundred years Old. That hole is around 20 feet deep thats a lot of deposits in a relatively short geological time. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:22:50 PM EST
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Of course the photos are from a potato camera.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:29:57 PM EST
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Quote History I laughed way more than I should have |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:36:01 PM EST
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"detailed" mkay
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:45:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One has to suspect that part of the reason we don't hear much about the Easter Islanders in the media, is because of how hard it is to cover up the uncomfortable truth that they raised a large, impressive civilization..that then utterly destroyed itself before the Europeans showed up. Really, really hard to find a systemic racism angle on that one. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:51:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The _______ spent decades, possibly centuries making these statues. When their civilization collapsed these statues were torn down and ritualistically desecrated. Remind anybody of anything? |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:51:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My kid said he read that carving and raising the moai consumed all the wood on the Island so they ended up unable to shelter, cook or leave I recall reading much the same thing. It seems that this theory has come under skepticism, at least as the sole cause of the deforestation (human action is likely a large part, but the idea that the statues were the primary reason the trees were cut down is considered unlikely now). Cutting the trees to allow for farmland is considered likely, and there is also a theory that the Polynesian Rat arrived (probably with the first settlers) and caused at least some of it - the rats eat the palm nuts, and there are no natural predators to the rat on Easter Island. This theory is also considered a possible explanation as to widespread deforestation that occurred on Oahu a few hundred years before widespread human settlement. Mike |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:53:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was waiting for this Trench safety? We don't need no stinkin' trench safety. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: OSHA is crapping bricks at their excavation walls. Was waiting for this Trench safety? We don't need no stinkin' trench safety. No kidding. It looks like a death trap. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:55:35 PM EST
[#41]
Cool pics OP.
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:56:45 PM EST
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Does that mean they're a hell of a lot older than previous estimates? Weathering to get rid of carvings like that takes more than 1k years, right?
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Posted: 8/11/2021 1:59:27 PM EST
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Were they purposefully burried? OR was it time that buried them all up to their necks?
It seems too oddly coincidental that *ALL OF THEM* seemed to be equally buried up to to their necks. You would think that there would be different levels of how buried they are based on different areas experiencing more or less amounts of dirt moving around. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:00:36 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does that mean they're a hell of a lot older than previous estimates? Weathering to get rid of carvings like that takes more than 1k years, right? No. Look at old gravestones or cathedrals. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:04:51 PM EST
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Shoring trenches is a thing for a reason. WTF
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:05:01 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Were they buried intentionally? I can't believe that much dirt would accumulate on it. You srs, Clark? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia_(steamboat) |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:05:42 PM EST
[#47]
lol smol peepee
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:12:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How in the hell did they bury that thing Or move it? Or stand it up? Just looking at the people in that picture, it could be 36-50 feet tall and weigh tons. |
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:14:01 PM EST
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Posted: 8/11/2021 2:18:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are those ping-pong paddles in his belt? They were the OG Ping Pong in Ding Dang players. |
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