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What is it?

These statues are shaped like an eyeless face. They are also called moai, which is the traditional term for these statues. The biggest one, Paro, weighs about a hefty 82 tons, measuring to a height of about 9.9 metresMoai. On average, these weigh approximately 10 tons. These statues litter Easter Island, with where they concentrate called ahu. They have been standing on these ahu for 300 years now, but some have been toppled since the time it was discovered.

  The mystery today is how these statues were created. It is said that it was near impossible for the inhabitants of early Easter Island to carve, transport and lift the statues upright with their primitive tools. Various theories have sprouted as to how these were carved, obtained and lifted up straight, but none of them has been proven to be 100% accurate so far.

  The more prominent theories are explained in “What Scientists Believe”.

What it is believed to be

These stone statues are puzzling. No one knows why they were built. People have hypothesized that they were built as a hobby that went on to conquering the lives of many, who dedicated their lives to the erection and creation of theseMore moai... megaliths. This is reflected by the fact that nearly all the trees in Easter Island have been used up. They were probably used in the transportation of these megaliths, used as rollers to ease pulling the structures. Sweet potatoes could also have been used as lubrication to assist in transportation too. This means it could very well be a hobby. 

However, more radical explanations have surfaced, and they are more fantastical than people going overboard with a hobby. An alien spacecraft crashed on Easter Island, leaving the aliens trapped on Earth, on a small island. They were so bored, they started harvesting the volcanic material which cooled to form hard stone, and then carved them with their more advanced tools. They then put them all over the island. However, before they could erect all the moai, their spacecraft came to save them. This explains why some of the moai are left fallen. That means it could be an alien plaything.

What scientists believe

  Theories have it such that there were people with the divine power (or mana) to command these rocks to move all by themselves. This seems farfetched, but we cannot be too certain that this is not true. 

  Another theory is that aliens moved these rocks for leisure, and is explained in more detail under “What could it be?” 

  The next one is likened to walking it. Swaying and tilting it from side to side makes it roll on a pivotMoai in the sun, and when it rolls on two sides, it can move forward. However, this is unlikely, as the possibility of it falling over is high. 

  The most common would be putting it on rollers, and rolling it all the way to the erection grounds. The rollers would be tree trunks. Trees, which are scarce on Easter Island seems to be proof for this use of rollers.

Conclusion

These statues’ origin is shrouded with mystifying odd ends. People of that generation could not carve with their primitive tools, and it would be immensely difficult to lift it. This is another mystery that is hard to explain, as no concrete evidence has been produced so far.