@AzlianaLyana
Too bad we'll never know why these heads exist in the first place. Such a huge effort to make especially with the limited availability of tools used at the time. Maybe, they must have just really liked human statues and made it just because. This is one of the places I will sure visit one day though. Thanks for sharing National Geographic.
@natalierobertson6733
Loving that this was preserved. Walking with Everwalk. 🙏🏻
@Hopeiseverythingnz
One beautiful South Pacific island ❤
@turbo-packd9763
Happy easter, in the islands!
@TimeTravelSnaps
Amazing 🙄🙄
@nickinurse6433
The Moai statues were made by the Rapa Nui.....they had originally come to easter island by accident. As with all the Polynesian islands they were blown off course or followed birds to get there. However once there, they were stranded with limited resources. In my humble opinion the Moai were to be a sign to any boater passing by announcing that they were there. They were also a way to mark their island for themselves to return. I believe they always hoped there were more boats coming to look for them. Perhaps loved ones they were missing. The way they wee facing outward looking to the sea indicates to me they were a sign to others, others they hoped were coming. The fact that we don't know how they moved the statues by no means there were aliens involved! There are many things our ancestors did that we can't comprehend.....that doesn't mean there were aliens involved. It just means they were smarter than we give them credit for.
@user88261
this video is in my homework!
@mexicanmuslim
Let me tell you something, Polynesians are incredible sea fairers, they used the constellations to navigate the ocean, Saw fish swimming patterns to know where they were headed. Infact there is proof Polynesians reached America a long time ago, First they have had potatoes which are indigenous to America, and second the most solid proof NativeAmerican People HAVE Polynesian DNA in them. They mixed with them when they reached the America thousands of years ago. Polynesians are my cousins they're awesome, love their ways of life and culture.
@DanielJones117
What if the Moai are ancient beings made of lava that eventually cooled down and they just died where they stood/lay
@Cinepobrefilmfestival
informationlessness galore
@Azozpr1234
that's chile, i've already gone to easter island
@kichigan1
The movie Rapa Nui is actually a good theory of why moai giant statues came to be. It is of course a fictional story, but it tells an interesting approximation of how they were built, and a practical scientific model of this giants were moved.
@doctor2943
Amazing
@RohanC2810
The voice is irritating
@moistkitty8081
those are actually the real inhabitants of that place they became like that after the volcanic eruption
@teressakarr3610
I think I solved the mystery. They used beeswax compressed slabs they attached to the angled space on the base of the statues. They created a cushioned pathway using palm leaves thus eliminating friction. They easily slid them along. The people of Easter island seem too intelligent of a people to have relied only on brute force.
@leonardwitucke1
They used water and frequencies to move those around with little effort.
@onyxnightsky1070
Sorry but her voice is so irritating. At least get someone who can pronounce these important names and places properly. It really distracts from the message you are trying to share here.
@legpol
I believe cement was invented by the people on the Easter island. When people had cement, of course they would build various structures with it. One of them could be the statues we saw today.
@NatGeo