The Mysteries of the Moai on Easter Island | National Geographic
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- A Polynesian society blossomed in this unlikely locale after hardy souls somehow navigated a fleet of wooden outrigger canoes to this tiny speck in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Here, in isolation some 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) west of South America and 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometers) from the nearest neighboring island, the Rapa Nui developed a distinct architectural and artistic culture. That culture reached its zenith during the tenth to 16th centuries, when the Rapa Nui carved and erected some 900 moai across the island.
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Rapa Nui’s moai statues average 13 feet tall and 14 tons. What are your thoughts on these mysterious monuments?
They were built by 2 Pac and they are black. Legend!!!
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National Geographic amazing. People think of ancient peoples as being stupid but in all reality many of them were quite intelligent.
Kenny Couch how about the Egyptians being able to build the pyramids? Pretty smart there!
National Geographic I wouldn’t doubt it if these were somehow burial mounds made for very important people, possibly chiefs or something along that line, and the more influential, or powerful they were the bigger their statue would become. Just a theory.
That place is magical. I am so glad I went. It costs quite a bit to get there but it is SOOO worth it!
How much?
Its good that it costs a lot. We don't want too many tourists in easter island
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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.
Azliana Lyana or maybe there is lost civilizations we still don't understand. The pyramids and the sphinx, Gobekli Tepe, Petra, The Aztecs and so on and so on.. there was intelligence on this planet thousands of years ago building and doing stuff we would struggle to do today.
I believe we are leaving something behind for the next civilization to find in thousands of years like Mount Rushmore.
Read Sapiens.
Probably some sort of religious reason. People do crazy things in the name of their God, yakno?
Azliana Lyana they got the idea from the natives of Chile and Peru
It's not a lost civilization, that we can't understand.
We westerners basically enslaved and killed all those who could tell the Rapa Nui history, which was an oral tradition.
It isn't a mystery, just another example of human greed and brutality.
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They also have full bodies beneath the surface
Loving that this was preserved. Walking with Everwalk. 🙏🏻
Imagine being explorer and went to this island is such a treasure of the world🥰
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.
They were smarter , but they didn't get to the island by an accident, they kwno the pocition of the island, because before they send explorers, than after return and said, "yeah, we find it, no good for farming but .....Al list it something, let's go". Sorry if there some gramatical mistake.
well said!
The huge amount of monuments and placements indicates that they were not meant to attract other humans. And they most certainly did not need to mark the island for themselves.
Most likely they tried to pray to gods this way. But they ended up destroying their island, since they cut down all the wood to produce these stone monuments. The wood was likely used as helping materials (like rolls) to move the stones to their designated places.
Most faced inward.
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.
Let *me* tell you something:
3500+ years before the Moai heads, ordinary homes of the European Minoans had heated floors and flushing toilets, in bathrooms exquisitely decorated.
Extra points for the potato & the Heads though.... 🍟
Maybe the Incas. But not all Native Americans. All Austronesians were excellent seafarer, but as a rule, they only settled islands and stayed away from large continental masses.
We only think travel is difficult because we see it as plane, cars, boat, distance, and cost. Those days people only thought of discovery and preserving their culture. All our modern variables were in those days willpower.
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The coolest Island in the world!
*The history of the Easter island tribes is worth watching too!!*
So much information to be discovered! If you'd like to learn more, read on: on.natgeo.com/2y9Foj3
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What if the Moai are ancient beings made of lava that eventually cooled down and they just died where they stood/lay
The work of a much earlier civilization.
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this video is in my homework!
It's at the eastern end of the Polynesian triangle, not the western end.
Close to Peru
those are actually the real inhabitants of that place they became like that after the volcanic eruption
Don’t know who does this videos for Nat Geo, or why. So many wrong facts. We do know what the statues were for, it’s not a miracle that Polynesian navigators reached this or other islands. Whoever did this video didn’t even read the NG magazine articles on it. What a shame.
The voice is irritating
Rohan Chembakasseril. Sadly, yes. It is almost cruel to be a Critic, yet this story needed a mature voice that carried some measure of gravitas. This is the voice of a graduate student, or a young relative of someone who produced this, but whoever okayed it is really the culprit. If your going to critique, do it with gravitas.
Rohan Chembakasseril why?
Agreed! That 'Tss' sound at the end of each sentence is all hear.
Nana Marion your comment was sounding intelligent until I reached your. If you can't type you're then type you are. Stop spreading the your virus.
Stop complaining and be thankful for small mercies.......alternatively offer your services for free....... Now there's some food for thought⁉️
Uma paisagem paradisíaca ...e um património de estátuas "vivas" ... Serão assim tão misteriosas? Serão de pessoas desaparecidas no mar...serão de pessoas importantes da ilha...serão uma homenagem? Na pré-história eram uma forma de exaltar o belo mesmo deformadas e feitas de pedra ...as esculturas eram uma prática e reflectiam cada acto da vida terrena ... será subtil ou oculta esta arte nas faces simbólicas resistentes ao tempo??
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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.
Mmmmmm......that have some logic, but some one already proove how to move MOAI, and they online use ropes.
How would they get beeswax on the island?
Especially with such an insane amount for hundreds of statues??
Most likely they down all the wood to produce these stone monuments. The wood was likely used as helping materials (like rolls) to move the stones to their designated places.
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.
A good movie. Underrated. Rings true!
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The voice is very irritating but not because of voice is from a girl. Her accent is too teenager.
I’ve been there!
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.
Why do we still believe the Polynesians created the Moai when they themselves admit they have little religious or physical connection to them. Also, why do we still go by false dates which suggest they were build relatively late in polynesian history. I dont know the actual dates but most likely they will say somewhere around the ballpark of 1400ad? pretty conveniant for european explorers.
That date is hilarious since some of the statues are covered in about 20 ft of sediment. My theory is that the statues were erected when sea levels were lower and more land was available. Theres no other way around this since the current ecosystem couldnt possibly be able to support the building and erecting of the statues. Modern day scholars have a problem admitting the statues were erected 7000 to 8000 years ago, considering the sea levels were lower at the time. Also everywhere you look around the world that is the case. People are afraid to admit There was possibly a super advanced anti deluvian civilization in our ancient past and the implications of that...
I started to explain how no humans could have reached the islands 7000 years ago... but then I realized you can't even spell "antediluvian".
Oh? Just like no humans could've possibly have reached S.E. Asia when the sea levels were lower, exposing the entire Sunda Shelf. Or how they coulld never have built any monuments you still see today on the thousands of Islands scattered in the Pacific ocean? Monuments such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Borubadur Temple in Indonesia, or even Nan Madol?
The earliest remains of reed boats date to around 7000 years. South Americans have also tested the theory quite recently that it was possible for their ancestors to get to the other side of the ocean via reed boats in ancient history. You probably think it was one long linear journey when in fact they were island hopping across the pacific. Not only that , but sea levels were lower, exposing more islands, which meant an easier journey than their modern descendants in reed boats trying to prove a point.
Even the Ancient Indian texts seem to back this up, and forget the texts, they are unearthing sites in Indian Ocean under 120 meters of sea, with ancient rivers and coastlines to compliment these amazing discoveries. So the proof is in the actual archaeology, and not he said, she said. Pretty convenient ppl started erecting large temples and monuments no more than a few 100 yrs before Europeans set foot on these islands, because the general consensus is that the Moai were erected in 1400-1500 ad...
I wonder what early cultures such as the Greeks or Chinese would've been able to see had they traveled to S.E. Asia or even Southern india before some of these sites were permanently submerged. or even plato 2500 years ago who wrote extensively on this subject. Sea levels wouldve been about 100 ft lower during platos time...
They used water and frequencies to move those around with little effort.
Unbelievable
always important to remember that these aren't just the haha funny $30 haircut emoji
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Clearly, they angered a Sacred Bunny, who demanded tribute in the form of statues. When they constantly forgot to add the ears, He abandoned them, and took up work as an anthropomorphic personification of the spring because he totally owed Santa a solid.
What.
This voiceover is terrible... Such an interesting video but unfortuasnitly the emersion is broken by the voice of a western child.
Moai lore
They were chad
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Your voice is sooooo much cute,,,,,,
Amazing
More advertisement, than informative.
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It's not just the advertisements. It's whoever produced the darn thing and put in that kid's voice. Now maybe this was an entire production by advertisers rather than a National Geographic appreciation Easter Island. In that case, what we have to do is thumbs down it.
cool!
0:28--0:31....gosh,,!! I saw that freakin eyes before 😖
Thanks for the video, but the "narrator's" voice is awful.
why did they do them? they were bored af, a few people stuck living in the middle of the pacific ocean, you better find some hobby if you dont wanna go crazy
The Moai were created to embody their ancestors. I pretty sure.
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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.
Sorry, but that was a very stupid statement.
The monuments are very clearly and factually made of stone, not cement.
@@0002pA : They only look like stone, but at the time being made, they were cement concrete. After solidification, the concrete looks like stone. By the way, the Chile government had invited a France stone scientist Dr. Joseph Davidovits to study the statues. He found micro marine animals' remains in the stones. He thus has determine the statues were made of cement concrete. He call the concrete geopolymer. If you search the new name, you will find that all the stony structures all over the world were made of it.
@@legpol I have no clue where you got that BS from. But they are made of volcanic tuff.
Using basalt stone picks, the Easter Island Moai were carved from the solidified volcanic ash of Rano Raraku volcano.
@@0002pA : You can search "They came from America to build Easter Island" on You Tube.
@@legpol Nah, I'm just going to stick with what is considered the scientific consensus.
Love this!
We're glad you enjoyed watching, Cheryl! If you'd like to learn more, read on: on.natgeo.com/2y9Foj3
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The Western Point of the Polynesian Triangle is New Zealand? Easter Island is the Eastern Point
From what I know they were a show off from rival clans
National Geographic is now a paid for service for tourism? I wonder how much they get for each video.
I wouldn’t doubt it if these were somehow burial mounds made for very important people, possibly chiefs or something along that line, and the more influential, or powerful they were the bigger their statue would become. Just a theory.
Partly true.The early moai were small. But size became a status symbol. As bigger and bigger statues were made, more trees were cut, resulting in the deforestation of the island, mass starvation, and collapse of the Rapa Nui society.
@@AngryKittens potentially* right?
@@alalal123421 The deforestation is the most likely possibility considered today.
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Why? The child doing the voice over is horrible!!!
Damn that's Beautiful 😍
How did the raise them?
Just like Miss Mayawati's statues in Lucknow! Just construct them for no rhyme or reason! XD
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i have a question who’s face’s are on the moai statue’s
Just human faces, a common face, like in Egypt, the pint their faraón veré similar, you have to have some knowlege to know the difference between a Ramses and Akenaton paint.
Its so informative on mute. The sound included ruined my abilitity to grow more smart.
Why am I thinking about the movie Moana?
Have you seen the movie "Rapa Nui"?
Read the Thiaoouba Prophecy
Do you think they called moana's island moto'nui because of rapa nui
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Those heads where not moved but carved from gigantic boulders that were flung in the air from the meteor.
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i want to visit this place badly 😞☹️
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