The Easter Island Statues Mystery dlvr.it/445Bhd The Easter Island Statues Mystery To this very day, the Easter Island Statues has remained a mystery to people around the globe. The Easter Island got its name when Admiral Jacob Roggeveen and his Dutch crew who became the first European who set foot in the Easter Island. When they landed the island, it was on an Easter Sunday. From the moment they had landed, they had found mysteries on the Easter Island. Again, up to this very day, it has continued to baffle historians, archeologist and anthropologist. When archeologist, historians and anthropologist would come to Easter Island, the destination spot would be in the extinct volcano in Rano Raraku. It has provided the basalt from which the Easter Island Statues or what is commonly known as Moai Statues have been carved. The crater of the extinct volcano has been scattered with the Moai Statues. Heads of the Moai statues would peer above the ground but the rest of the body is buried about 20 feet underground. The ears of the Moai statues or the Easter Island statues would measure about 6 feet that would usually depict the long eared inhabitant of the former times. As what the islanders have believed, each Moai statue or Easter Island Statues has a name and an individual spirit. It is said by the islanders that the name of the Moai statues means “Eyes that look up to the Sky”. In the year 1979, a Moai statue has been excavated and restored. It was believed that the eyes of the Moai statue were once inlaid coral and rock and the Moai statues were was once painted. In some Moai statues, there are topknots that are present in which was made from red volcanic rock. It was said that topknots were being placed on the head of the Moai after they were erected. There are only about 60 Easter Island statues that are covered by the red stone topknots, and it is believed that it was accustomed to be a leader development. Each of the Moai statues weighs of about two elephants. It is said that it was rolled from its original location which is Ponnappa quarry from where they are presently. In front of the altars, there is a circular area in which is believed to be sacred ground. Most of the natives’ pays homage to the gods in which represented as Moai statues and natives are hoping that the gods would soon return. Thanks for reading The Easter Island Statues Mystery.
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