What Happened on Easter Island?
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Fun fact: Rapa Nui it's not an ancient name of our Island..it was named liked this by tahitian visitors in XIX century. The oldest names rescued by our oral tradition are: "Te pito o te Henua" (the navel of the world) and "Mata ki te Rangi" ( The eyes looking the sky)
The old names of Rapa Nui which fascinates me is "Mata ki te Rangi"."Mata" also means eyes in Malay.The word "Rangi" sounds familiar to "Langit" which also means sky
@@fayhay8011 interesting since those words langit and mata also appear in the Filipino language
All part of the Austronesian language family, a lot of cognates exist between the languages and this can be seen most with numbers and body parts
For example is cebuano we count like
1. usa
2.duha
3. tulo
4. upat
5. lima
6. unom
7. pito
8. walo
9. siyam
10. napulo
It's incredibly similar to Māori
People tend to look down on "stone age" societies but many are unaware of the complex social structures that exist in Polynesian societies allowing such feats of construction. Chiefly authority was very powerful in many Polynesian societies, particularly in island groups like Tonga, and Hawaii where stone monuments were also constructed albeit not to the same scale as the Moai, but it demonstrates the ability to organize labor and resources by chiefs.
Like other civilizations, its always an enigma. If a major catastrophe happened then should be some evidence yet to be unburied/discovered.
Yes, it takes ingenuity and skill to create a whole civilization without the conveniences if metals, and technology available to other civilizations. Our different cultures built seaworthy vessels that could carry houses, and inhabitants. We had mirrors without glass, and made adornments without the technology of fabric making or metallurgy, we could even carve stone, wood, even bone and greenstone. And we did so for thousands of years!
Stone age is a myth we are told. The first peoples were magnificent, much taller, lived for hundreds of years and had technology we can’t imagine. Dont believe the narrative told by the world rulers who have hidden history~
There were stone carvings on Hawai'i?
@@ericlarousse1149 yes but they're much smaller and very rare. I think because we utilized wood more often.
Pacific islanders and their history is amazing. The pure bravery or confidence in their own abilities and the ability of their boats is off the charts. Fascinating.
If they so smart why they so fat jk
Very true. It seems like a beautiful way of living. Moana depicts some of these. Even though it's a children's movie, it's one of the only ones I've seen that depicts ancient Pacific Islanders in that way, and it's really good
@@yyg4632 Look up the Bajau people, also called Sama-Bajau. They’re amazing and they basically live in the ocean, some never set foot on land and those that do get the opposite of sea-sickness, “land-sickness”.
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Life was cheap, cannibalism was prevalent, and women were treated like sh!t.....
'beautiful' is totally incorrect......
@@bluddyrowdy8757 Polynesian people apparently lived quite well. but your right in some sense most of them were kidnapped by slavers and died from disease brought by Europe.
It's always a dice roll whether an ancient history video will be "ANCIENT ALIENS!!1!1" or actual history, and I am absolutely stoked to have found another GOOD channel to watch :D
😂😂 I admit they have me convinced half the time... But it looks like no aliens here just scrappy islanders
What do you mean actual history? Everything is just a guess. No one really knows how the Egyptian pyramids were built. Aliens is as good a guess as anything.
Everything is revealed by those who hold the power, only half to quarter truths. The real truth cannot be discovered by wearing this body, or while doing so.
@@mastervz4806there's many theories about how the pyramids were build like the internal ramp theory which would be the most efficient way. And as far as moving the blocks the Romans were able to move obelisks from Egypt back to Rome and those were incredible heavy. The Romans documented their methods and I'm sure the Egyptians used similar methods.
No aliens are needed.
@@mastervz4806Science isn't mere guesswork. We have a pretty decent picture of how and when and why the pyramids were built. Ffs, we found what is basically receipts over the pay the workers on the pyramids received.
Imagine if you had your whole life back then, you know 30 or 40 years and there's no TV or Wi-Fi or anything that we have today. You would probably build some crazy stuff too
They had their own forms of entertainment like dancing, drinking, drama, instruments, kite flying, hunting, being hunted, etc
Days ended when it got dark, plus the addition of knowing there was a strong class system- the fishing, agricultural, etc classes had their entire morning til night laid out for them; because no one likes working in the heat of the day - but the skilled artisan class would have worked solely for the chieftain/priest class.
Yeah if we ignore the part where their entire daily life was dedicated to things like not starving.
I think of that a lot. Imagine a whole community coming together with nothing but time.
@@dudedabsworth8023 They didn't have nothing but time though. They didn't have a whole foods on the corner that magically produced food, they didn't have an electric grid or running water. They had to work all day just to eat and survive.
I like the walking moai theory. It makes the most sense as the most efficient way of transporting tall, heavy objects having moved several appliances like fridges and washing machines.
Its annoying to how some people think it had to be aliens or more advanced culture with machines that did it just because those same people couldn't think of how to do it. A population lives long enough doing something and they're to get very, very good at doing the things they do.
Walking makes no sense when it’s 80 Tons that you have to hold with a rope and the only test of the concept resulted in a fallen statue
If they were able to lift the statues off their backs out of the quarry, then why did they leave them along the road, idea being they were dropped durring transport.
@@studiobauhaus7740did you miss the part where they got it hundreds of yards relatively easily with 25 people. Imagine the difference another 25 could have made.
@@Ambuscade94 The facts on the ground of Easter Island tell a different story. Where is the video of 25 men transporting 80 tons with a rope?
Search up the video of people doing this in practise. Pretty recent. Don't insult our ancient brethren mah man
I really don’t like that people always think that our ancestors weren’t smart when in reality they were just as if not even smarter then we are today.
I think today our imagination and ingenuity is devolving due the the great pressure of capitalistic work and distraction cycles. We spend all our days out either producing very distant produces and ideas and then come home to consume enough to distract from that reality. When humans created for their daily direct self and communal survival and social-emotional substance, the imagination is so open.
@@mari98_maybe some people’s imagination sure. But on a whole no. It’s probably the same amount of ingenuity and imagination as ancient people and we have history and technology to continue to build off of.
Being someone from this island I honestly enjoyed your documentary. I'm thrilled to watch more of your channel and learn about other cultures
¡Guau! Te envidio mucho. Estoy en China. Tengo muchas ganas de ir a la Isla de Pascua. Espero que algún día pueda llegar a este hermoso y misterioso lugar.😊😊😊😊
este video habla un monton de estupideces, por eso la gente no entiende ni sabe nada de nuestra cultura..
@@TheHandamantienes algún ejemplo de "estupideces"? Sólo ha hablado sobre hechos que se han descubierto usando ciencia y tradiciones de los nativos de la isla. Por qué tan agresivo? 😂
The island is deserted
@@fairamir1 the island is not deserted it has about 6 thousand permanent inhabitants
This guy is quite literally the most underrated RUclipsr I’ve ever come across, to make documentaries like this on a regular basis is insane. Not to mention how precise he is with his research and calming voice. Thank you, North.
Truly remarkable
I remember reading about Easter Island when I was much younger, and the entire island was talked about like a gigantic mystery that couldn't be explained by science or reason. I think that was before much serious research was done into the island's history. It is really interesting to see things considered mysteries just a few decades ago are now so well understood that even if we don't have exact answers, we can still understand in broad strokes what happened. The monolithic stones weren't placed by an advanced alien race or something. Just good old fashioned human ingenuity.
How did rock not available on island get there from thousands of miles away??? It's still a mystery. Only difference is your not 5 believing in aliens
It could also be that the text you were reading was exaggerating. The clickbait equivalent from before the internet.
It was proven by a team of researchers who moved a replicated one with rollers and pulley systems etc.
@@Thehomelessathlete love those ancient pulleys
@@martijnbouman8874 Now that I think about it, I'm certain you are right. It was a book specifically about things we'd call mysterious; what happened to Amelia Earhart's flight, the meaning of Stonehenge, and of course Easter Island among other things. Now I just wonder if that book was intentionally ignoring evidence to enhance the sense of "mystery".
If I remember right when I first found this channel it had around 192 subs. Literally less than 200. Now your at 192k. So glad to see you made it and kept at it. Your content has only gotten better since then and it was always good enough to keep me coming back.
Thanks for sticking with me, I remember those times well!
hey brother man I know it would be an insanely ambitious project but you might consider doing at least an overview of the history of world slavery. It's criminal that schools don't teach it. Dr Thomas Sowell said something like... No other subject that is this important to us is viewed through such a narrow lens.. Arabs took slaves from Europe, dragged them across the desert from west Africa, took them by boat from east Africa, the Philippines and I think both Malaysia and Indonesia. India also took them from east Africa. China also took them from the Philippines and I think Indonesia.America is the only country to ever fight a civil war to end slavery and the British actually did more to end slavery around the world than anyone. The rest of the world never even came to the conclusion that it was morally wrong. Thomas Sowell is a true scholar and is the single greatest source of information. Even if you don't make a video please check him out if you haven't already
@@vincentcalderone5956 very good comment, Vincent. Americans are definitely in need of some balance on this topic . Slavery has been practiced by every society that I have ever heard of, and it's being done right now in Africa, India, and many Islamic countries. Sometimes girls are found in western countries who are being enslaved by Islamic families who immigrated from elsewhere
@@bonnielucas3244 Well hell ! I mean if other people are going to jump off that bridge then gaddamn I'm entitled to do it myself!
@@vincentcalderone5956 you want something to make you feel better about America's role in the transatlantic slave trade? I see.
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Humans sure do some peculiar things sometimes.
That’s an understatement!! 😂
from pyramids to german concentration camps, yeah mate, you might be onto something here 😂
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They had their reasons for doing it, may not be understandable by us today, but back then there were significant reasons
@@davidsdeanwell yeah almost everything humans have ever done usually has a reason, Steve-o had a reason when he wore a stinging jellyfish as a hat doesn’t change the fact it’s insane lol
Makes you wonder just how in the.....they found these islands? Who were the bold explorers who set out to find..... Without any modern form of navigation. Truly amazing.
They followed bird and had knowledge of the currents and winds. Expert navigators
There's a lot of dead Polynesians on the ocean floor.
@@Rarasrevenge I don't know the exact terminology, but I believe many (if not all) Polynesian groups had a technique of mentally mapping their position in the ocean in relation to the stars?
And while sails were the easiest and fastest way to travel long distances on open ocean, the crews on board these outriggers, canoes and the like would always be able to rely on paddling, should there be no breeze
Ditto to @ Deezy that migrating birds were followed by sailors, of all seafaring cultures.
Loved how you just stated the facts and theories without dunking on the viewers that believe some alternative theories. That's also a better way to maybe make the rethink what they are believing
Do they really need to re think what they are believing though? People are allowed to come to any conclusion they see fit on an unsettled topic like hoisting 80 ton statues off of their backs lol
This comment is trying so hard to kiss ass while putting people down for believing “alternative theories” as if there is any definitive theory. nobody needs to rethink anything maybe you need to have a little more of an open mind you’re kinda sounding like a really big ass and not in a good way
I love anything about Easter Island. It's all of humanity in a little capsule, past , present, ....and future.
@Brandon Letzco if there isn't enough food anymore i think cannibalism is the consequence. You need food to survive and you are programmed to do anything to survive so cannibalism becomes a kind of a basic need. By the way can i ask what people taste like? I'm very curious.
Es territorio chileno...go to Chile to find more info about Rapa Nui !!
@Brandon Letzco thats not true, this is a lie from occidental colonialism..
@@susanagould1554 ustedes son los que menos saben de nuestra isla.. bajese del pony
@Brandon Letzco anyway, it's wrong..
Its wild to hear about all the horrible things these people endured. Intentionally, coincidentally, and through their own actions, it felt like one bad thing after another. But I guess that's how history works. Not much to write about when things are going well
Genuine (not backhanded) compliment: If I happen to wake up in the middle of the night, I play his soothing voice to go back to sleep.
I actually quite like the monotone soft voice. With the ethereal music in the background - these videos are perfect for when I’m flossing before bed. Thank you!
Since this is new I thought It was about how people on Rapa Nui were living during the lock down on the pandemia.
They literally closed the airport and started to clean and improve the island.
And feed everyone.
If you ever go there and can take with you some new or nice clothes (or shoes) for the local weather, Donate it to the local thrift store before leaving. Use as little water as possible and go to the medical center if you're sick. It won't cost much. There's common medicine and Rapa nui's traditional medicine.
you are so cool...!! thanks... let me know if you come around here, I will do the tour around the island for free..
Another fascinating minidoc. Your style of presentation is unique & very effective. Love it.
Sounds a little like the original islanders used up most of their resources within 300 or 400 years. Good lesson. Nice work.
This is one of the saddest histories of a society I've ever heard. Damn. Extreme isolation served them well as a shield against competitors for a very long time, but in the end it betrayed them allowing ambitious madmen to exploit them in a desolate corner of the world away from propriety's eyes.
However, the modern Easter Islanders demanding the 12 moai in museums is just silly. They should focus on restoring the other 900 or so currently present, laying on the ground, broken to pieces.
Yes, just get over it.
-The British Museum
there was a huge land mass covering the central part of the pacific ocean, with hawaiian islands at the north side and rapa nui in the furtherst south east. It was the kingdom of Mu or Lemuria. But it sanked beneth the ocean and left its highlands to became islands today.
Why not both. Why not both restore and preserve existing statues and demand back heritage? They aren't mutually exclusive options.
It’s not like those moai were given willingly
@TaylordSpirit "we better preserve this, the locals are letting them turn to dust"
There, fixed it for ya lol.
Schools should basically put students in a comfortable room turn down the lights and let North do his work. How many times have you seen information about Easter Island? Here he puts all of that together in an interesting and informative way. Quickly and concisely done. It opens so much opportunity for further learning. Quite frankly, this is a big deal video. It would be good for the history channel.
Lol. Good for the history Channel?? It's not a pawn show or ancient aliens, so the history Channel would never put this on. They'd rather create shitty reality shows
100% agreed.
Because I'm chilean and my father was a history nerd I've seen 2/3 of the information showed here before.
The most exposure we get in the educational system about Rapa Nui is the dance. Most schools in September prepare different dances from all the places and cultures within the territory and Rapa nui's dance is always there, specialy the "sau sau"and the war dance for boys.
The History Channel is mostly bullshit like this channel!
i think what alot of people overlook when talking about how certain cultures must be the same because they used the same technology or building practices is that there is only so many ways to do certain things and there is always a best way to do it, for example axes all use the same basic principle a wedge and a stick/lever, the only difference is the material and how the axe looks and was made but they are all axes. does that mean that everyone is of the same culture cause we all make and use axes? no obviously not its just the best way without power to cut down a tree or chop wood. its the same for building practices and many other technologies.
yes my friend, it's something like that.. I found three smart humans in this post, you are one of them, congrats...
Nope, it must be aliens 😂
Modern humans are so full of ego, that they can't accept that our ancient ancestors were also intelligent, and fully capable of incredible things.
@waketp420 referring to people as modern humans as if you aren’t one yourself is almost as cringe as this comment. you’re really showing your ass with this one and your strange belief that history is linear. most people who believe in advanced technology or ancient aliens actually believe ancient people were far more advanced and capable than we are today and that we have lost knowledge throughout time that we will probably gain again so to white knight ancient people just shows you’re trying to be contrarian for the sake of being annoying.
Watching this caused me to recall another youtube easter island doc from "Fall of Civilizations". Both delve into the mystery of the scattered pieces of history, but narratively tell a very different story. Notably distinct between the two are the descriptions of first contact and if the collapse occurred before or after. I'd be curious to find any lively debates on these differences.
Yes, I highly recommend that video (and channel in general). He makes a very strong case that the influence of European colonizers was the major driver of the collapse of the Easter Island culture and people.
Came here to say exactly this!
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Paul Cooper is one of the greatest storytellers along with Dan Davis.
Well the Europeans destroyed their writing system and religion so that didn’t help
Yes
I think the Heads were constructed to deter others from landing on or invading the Island. If they saw giant figures standing on the shores and cliffs, they would possibly be scared off!
Then why were most facing inward?
Knowing human curiousity, that probably would have the opposite effect
Facinating video. The facts you added fulfill a curiosity I've had for many years.
Thanks North 02
I just want to let you know I watch each of your videos three to four times over 2 to 3 nights while I am trying to fall asleep. You have an amazing narration voice which is very soothing and helps me sleep but at the same time I love the content of your videos so I have to keep re-watching the video multiple times so I can consume all of it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Wow I am pleased with how informative this video is! Your personal reasoning seems balanced and in good faith. 👍
Absolutely fascinating video!!! Thanks for sharing this with us!
I know almost nobody will see this comment but here it is anyways:
The Rapa-Nui fascinate me, i have a great passion for history and geography in general (I'm in no way an expert, i just like these subjects)
What dumbfounds me everytime is how such a complex and well organized civilization arose in such an isolated part of the world, in an island so small you can walk through it in a day or two.
I really wish easter island was an abundant archipelago, enough to sustain an civilization so we could see what other grand structures would be built there
That natives arrived and found that it was a good place to live. The island had trees and tons wild life, water. They depleted everything as their population grew. When they cut the last tree, they were not able to leave the island, got stranded and they all died. The end.
This is a living example of our planet in the vastness of space,
Let’s hope we can learn from this to prevent the destruction of our own planet
Another well researched and narrated topic
@Brandon Letzco not perfectly however there are some strong similarities
Really liked this video man! Very informative and fascinating to learn about these people who were so advanced but who could not foresee that their most important resources would run dry without proper management. Perhaps if they had just learned to plant new trees as well as they could build their monuments, their society would still be strong to this day.
Tku for your great description of this island. You gave me new info; facts to ponder. Well done video.
True, North 02, it wasn't pre-history per say, but it was fascinating, & I feel the better informed because of it. Un grand merci. Always enjoy your work!
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Thanks for creating genuinely fascinating and educational content. I'm hooked!
Fascinating presentation thanks xxx. Beautifully narrated.
Jeju island in South Korea has similar statues. They represent strong Grandfather.
I’ve heard strang things about that island.
Excellent, as usual. Thank you North02 for giving me some brain food to get me through quitting smoking!
I ADORED this new video on a historical topic. Imagine all the periods on which you can share your knowledge with us.
everything express in this video its wrong... this person its not a expert in my culture, obsolet information..
@@TheHandaman and I suppose you are an expert? You can't even write proper English 😂
@@formulajuan6038 no, I dont have to write proper english, I just have to be an expert in my culture, not yours... you understand what I'm saying anyway, capici?
hey man great video! I'm maori so I always get excited on pasifika and Polynesian history videos. Just keep in mind pronunciation because these languages are still used today. Mana is pronounced maahh naahh instead of man ah. Otherwise really awesome and interesting
The only pronunciation that is valid would be that of the inhabitants before contact by European explorers. While the language is Polynesian, the pronunciation was not necessarily that of te reo Maori. Modern Maori pronunciation has changed from a number of local dialects to a modern version as taught today.
@@richardcox3713 yes, its true... but the concept of those words is the most important thing
@@richardcox3713 I guess that's true but it's just what I grew up speaking and how I speak it so it will sound wrong if pronounced without a māori or even another pasifika accent
@@TheHandaman exactly, but these words are still in use today so the pronunciation we use today is important, nobody would reply with "the dialects have changed" if someone corrected a French or English pronunciation.
@@smellysugar8825 yes of course, but is difficult to explain somebody that never came to pacific island where all of those words are still use by the locals.. 🙏, some people think that maori culture from Aotearoa and Rapa nui culture have no relation, in fact, Rapa nui culture doesnt exist, in Rapa nui is Maori culture also.. 👍
I suggest videos on other Polynesian cultures. I found this video fascinating and would enjoy more.
My new other favorite YT video on Rapa Nui next to the Rare Earth series on it. Such a fascinating place in the middle of nowhere.
AND THEY EVEN HAD THEIR *OWN WRITING SYSTEM!!* gotta say I didn't know that...
Best documentary ever on this fascinating culture. Bravo!
Great video with a soothing voice and peaceful well chosen background music. Thank you !
Thank you north these lengthy videos are definetly in my top 10 and top 3 before bed videos so relaxing and informative. You really do your research and I love learning about the history and topics of your videos. I have ADHD or ADD and couldn't retain knowledge in school well at all. But alot depends on what is the subject matter and who the teacher is and with yours it just sticks. So thanks and keep doing you're thing man I could watch all day
@Anno Kitsune yeah that's def the case but also even some of the classes I feel like I am interested in I flunked like or when reading a passage to do an essay on it. I would read every word of maybe a ten page thing and I couldn't retain knowledge of what I had read it was like I was reading every word off the page but by the time I had gotten to the end. I couldn't tell you what I had just read and would have to re read and sometimes re write in hopes of it working. So of course they put me meth pills vyvance and then aderall cause I was failing every class and it worked I had aced everything I previously failed but it made my anxiety too bad to talk to anyone but your right like science and history where I was interested i did better for sure without any substance
@North02 HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!!! Easter Island piqued my interest when it was featured on Styx's Pieces of Eight Album (78?) each episode is a guilt free treat! The monkey mug is on my Xmas wish list!🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
Oh North 02 your my favorite channel. Making some coffee to watch while i rest after a neck injuries. So thanks for the entertainment. I'll finish my book after this video.
Get well soon
You just do such an amazing job! Great channel
I love history and your videos are amazing brother keep up the great work
One has to keep in mind that the ocean was much lower at one time. So as the oceans rose up then the land became more limited in size. I am also very interested in the writing that is on the back of every one of the statues. Has that been deciphered yet? They keep covering them up but they're not putting the writing on display that I know of so that people can try to solve the issue. Too much time has been sent on how they moved the item rather than interpreting the writing on the back which could in fact hold a good many answers that we keep spinning around and around about
Most of the islands in Polynesia are volcanic, and the sea gets really deep really quick around them, meaning lower sea level wouldn't change much
There has nkt been a material change in ocean levels since we came out of the last ice age 12 000 years ago. The first people to come to Easter Island did so roughly between 800-1200CE.
great offering, thank you for your efforts.
Fascinating! “Easter island” was one of the first ancient sites I was aware of at a young age after watching the episode of In Search Of…Easter Island that aired in 1977 (7yrs old at the time) and wow it opened me up to a plethora of questions about ancient cultures, megalithic structures, and the individual thought patterns that were involved!
You don’t know how happy I am to see a episode about the pacific
Islanders used navigation by reading ripples in the waves of the open ocean combined with specialist knowledge of currents and observing fish and bird movements to cross huge distances. If you accept origins 1000 miles away then 3000 miles is just as possible so just believe their traditional version for their origins instead of intimating they're wrong.
I grew up in Southern California as a child I spent so much time at the ocean and swimming that I noticed those ripple things and I could read them I noticed how they bounced off of Catalina so yes I totally believe you I understand exactly what you're talking about yes you could figure out things by looking at those ripples it kind of reminded me of watching a record watching the lines in a record player I was so young and yet I understood all this if you spend enough time enough hours your brain just figures it out.
And the stars
Yup, people have replicated Hawaiian voyaging canoes and sailed all over the Pacific including to Easter Island, using traditional navigation.
Its just theory dog,no one knows the real history dirty
Very good video. Really enjoying these!
Excellent video. I learned a lot and you did really good research
Please keep making content. You are needed to make sure prehistory and the technology and unrecorded history our ancestors made isn't pushed aside because other content isn't accessible and understandable. If anyone questions your work, question why they hate humanity and our cousins
I love Rapa Nui, it is still very mysterious place. One thing about what you say, in the Island today everybody speak their language, not only the elders. It has been the result of a persistent effort.
🤔 I'm sorry to disappoint you but that's not true, not everyone speak te re'o Rapanui here in Rapa Nui
@@jtuki78 😔 Hola, conocí a Jose Tuki , mucho tiempo atras en el Bali Hai. Claro no todos hablan, pero tampoco es cierto que solo los ancianos lo hablan. O lo que escuche hablar en la isla, a personas de todas las edad no es Rapanui, o como tu lo indicas te re'o Rapanui ?
@@AmaratMamu Hay programas de inmersión de lengua Rapanui en las escuelas para el rescate del idioma, pero para ser sinceros la mayoría de las conversaciones en general se hacen más en español que en lengua Rapanui, la influencia del lenguaje colonizador lamentablemente es mayor.
I did enjoy your presentation of this fascinating island. Thank you.
Very interesting video!
I knew somethings about Easter island but I still learned more…thanks !
Best, hyperbole-free, documentary I've seen on the island.
I am old enough to remember how the oral history of the statues walking led to the discovery of how they were moved with ropes.
I enjoyed watching this and want to thank you for creating this informative video
your videos are so informative and so well made love your work keep it up buddy
all the information in this video its obsolet and false...
If you study pacific maps and satellite images you can see there’s underwater mountain range that runs from western South America to Easter Island and beyond. Thousands of years ago that mountain range would’ve been a chain of small islands similar to the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea off of Alaska. If that is true it helps with the questions of Polynesian DNA tied to South America and the exploration from Samoa, Easter Island, Hawaii and South America.
But they didn't come thousands of years ago only reaching Polynesia within the last thousand years, they're genetics, culture and language is that of Austronesia and Philippines
There was once a vast land space across the Pacific long ago. A long forgotten apocalypse occurred which resulted in lands being uplifted and some sank below the new water level.
There are long forgotten cities deep under water.
There are Japanese aboriginals, a dark colored people that had a connection to the people of the southern Pacific. They live on the Northern islands off the mainland of Japan.
I have spent many years throughout the South Pacific, from Indonesia through Papua New Guinea, th Solomon Islands out to Fiji. I have never met such a relaxed population of people. It takes alot to upset these people. They are such wonderful individuals.
Thank you. What you said and what you experienced is spot on! The japanese aboriginals are malays race which are called the jomon people, their genes can be trace and have similarity with the jakun people ( aboriginals in malaysia right now ) The long forgotten apocalypse was the great flood during the time of Noah which sanked Atlantis on the western side of the globe, and Lemuria or the kingdom of Mu on the eastern side of the globe. The malays are a big race with multiple sukus or ethnics. Btw what exactly are you during traveling through here? are you a geologist?
Great video. Thank you for making the effort to create it
i liked this one a lot. Awesome quality, dude
I have a thought that the line of huge moai standing up facing the sea, was an effort by multiple villages. Perhaps many people from each village were involved in moving and placing hem, an its symbolic of an alliance.
yes, thanks, you are very smart, this is't the thruth, they're simbols of "alliance", that was the real secret of our ancestral technology,,, we know as the concept of "Mutual Support", an a colaborative social sistem, was the only way, only you and another person in this group comment who find the thruth, believe in your self, you understand everything, congrats, you are a special kind of human.. peace and prosteperity for you and your descendent..
Before the great flood, most people in ancient time are quite huge.
This is a small ISLAND. not a Continent.
Very well put together doco .
It’s a very sad story . The decimation by ‘modern’ disease is overwhelmingly to blame for its collapse unsure as to the significance of deforestation. Agriculture was vibrant
I wish one day we are able to read the hieroglyphics . alot of the knowledge we have is scant and often laden with bias first hand accounts this is not a shade at you . I only lament the loss
‘Fall of civilisations Easter island if you haven’t already listened to is very good production
I have wondered if the unique geographic location of East isl between tectonic plates means anything , not sure how tho
Polynesians were warlike just as the rest of the world at that time. They just happen not finish first.
@@thevet2009 This wasn't even about being "warlike" you weirdo. They only mentioned the disease that other civilizations introduced into a population completely cut off from the outside world. I've seen that argument so many times in regards to native americans that I assume you will just vomit it out to blindly defend any European "explorers" though
Thanks for taking us on your journey.
I really enjoy your content. Thank you
During the last Ice Age Eater Island was one of 100's of islands in that region of the Pacific. The others are now submerged by the new and still rising sea levels. Makes you wonder if Ester Island was part of a much larger culture that spread over many islands and not just this one left that we can see today. Atlas Pro channel did a interesting video called "Earth's Lost Islands" that covers this topic.
Considering no evidence of humans on the island before historical times, it is highly unlikely there were people present on the island during the last glacial maximum.
@@NORTH02 or at the very least, no continuous line of homogeneous groups. An example of two different settlement groups is found on the islands of Japan with an ancient lineage in the far north.
I mean to say that it's possible, although there's no evidence, that peoples had traveled these islands when the sea was much lower. Not sure if there's anything that supports sea exploration of these distances in prehistory.
@@NORTH02 True but Easter Island is part of the now submerged Salas y Gomez Ridge which would have offered 100's of more suitable options for native people island hopping or living there during that time if they were there. Easter Island is quite formidable today with only two small beaches where one could even land a vessel. It's basically cliffs jutting out of the ocean with an island on top. If the oceans were 100's of feet lower it would most likely have been even more inaccessible and not considered a practical option. If the once exposed islands 10,000 years ago were more like the Palliser or Austral Island which is likely they were far more suitable for habitation then the only one left standing after the ocean level increase, Easter Island. I am in the camp that we only know about the last rise of man which we are a part of and know nothing of the ones before us that built the pyramids or the ancient megalithic wonders in Peru and other locations around the world we see today. There were many options available to early travelers crossing the globe back then seeking the wonders of an unexplored world. I always take that into consideration when viewing our known vs possible history. I have learned a lot from your content and respect your work and would love to hear your views if you think guys like Ben from UnchartedX, Randal Carlson or the Brian Forrester are onto something or off the mark and why. I have listened to both sides from the Milo's to the Hancock's regarding the debate and to me only one side makes any sense.
Thanks for another great video.
@@dirk7816 Brien forester and Uncharted X are both conmen. Watching world of antiquity’s videos debunking them. Them are dishonest and profiting off of peoples lack of knowledge in these fields. I really dislike them.
@@NORTH02 Thank you for sharing your opinion. I am and will continue to be a huge fan and subscriber of your content. Your presentation style and the way you disseminate your research is truly unique and thought provoking. As far as Dr. Miano and his opinions go if you are curious what I think read my recent post I just left on his Brien Foerster CLUELESS video. He is an easy guy to "critique" as well.
I’m surprised I don’t see any “ancient aliens” or “advanced technology” comments. I always seem to see some when I watch videos on ancient cultures or civilizations. The History channel has seriously corrupted the minds of hundreds of thousands of people, maybe even millions. But as long as channels like this exist and keep making content, there won’t be anything to worry about. Love these dives into the ancient past!
yes, we have, very advance technology here but.. stone aged materials, thats all..
@@TheHandaman At the time it was quite advanced!
the History Channel only corrupts weak gullible minds.
Always enjoyable! Thank you
Thank you. Amazing as usual
Estoy en China. Tengo muchas ganas de ir a la Isla de Pascua. Espero que algún día pueda llegar a este hermoso y misterioso lugar.
come to rapa nui, before pandemic the island was full visitors from china, I meet very especial people from there and I learn alot about your country, nice
Beautiful video, I've read somewhere that the stone statues were potentially erected to support healthy soil so that crops could be grown. It's crazy how adaptive humans can be
Yet another great upload. 😊
"His life is worth more than *simple item*" should more often be thought these days"
All the trees were used up to craft/erect the statues. They literally killed their own Island...
It’s crazy to think if they had been more like North Sentinel island they would have survived. They were surviving themselves, they would’ve been such an amazing study at how things go just fine without being invaded or saved or stolen or infected. Going from 15,000 to a few hundred is insane. They still made it though. An Inspiring people.
North Sentinel is a zoo
@@dylan__dogWhat are you talking about. North Sentinel is the futhurest thing from a zoo. The Sentinelese literally kill anyone who tries to come fuck with them lol
@@cousinmajin try entering the lion enclosure in a zoo, see if the lions will come up to play, or try to maul you to death
@cousinmajin the India government literally treats the island as a zoo lol.
I've always wondered what they look like under all that dirt.
Thanks for another amazing video.
you have a very comforting voice. very good video.
I get why the Rapa Nui want the moai back, but I think unless they build an indoor enclosure for the moai that are held in museums in order to continue to protect those ones from weathering it's probably best for the preservation of those moai to keep them where they are.
There is a museum in Rapa Nui....
@@LilithZephirus yes there is a museum, it doesn't seem to be large enough to house the dozens of oversea moai on top of their current collection. I could be wrong, I don't have exact measurements on the museum or the moai, but it seems like they need a bigger place for all the overseas moai to continue to avoid weathering as they have been
@@northdakotagamer for what I know, they don't want to put then in museums, only the ones that are overseas, specially the one in the British Museum. I mean, Moai were supposed to be outside, not in a museum.
@@LilithZephirus I get that they were originally outside but now that they've avoided 50 years of weathering on their soft volcanic bodies it'd be good to keep these less weathered ones less weathered for future generations. These are internationally recognized, incredible works of art like the ceiling of the Sistene chapel or the great pyramids, they should take care of them
@LilithZephirus they'll leave them outside for a generation, then the next generation will blame the British museum for "leaving them to rot" lol
Well presented history overview, I enjoyed this much. Kind of a microcosm view of our global health situation where we do not react early enough to avoid our potential demise to come unseen on numerous issues.
love all your vids mates thanks
I love the story of Easter Island or Rapa Nui, the Polynesians made great sailors crossing and populating the Pacific in its entirety, they sailed East during El Nino years when the wind came from the east. But on Rapa Nui, they had it too good, just as we do today. They didn’t see the end coming, or maybe they did and a few psychopaths convinced them to pray to the gods, and raise statues to the gods? Bigger and ever bigger statues because the gods weren’t pleased with their offerings until the last, then it was all over, Armageddon.
Just as humans today have had it too good, stripping everything from the land and sea and polluting the air, making insane offerings to our gods: All 5,000 of them, don’t know which is your preferred god so please don’t take it personally. And just as the natives of Rapa Nui before us, squandered their entire natural resource to the point of cannibalism. The natives of Planet Earth learned nothing from this parable and have been exhausting our entire eco system to the point of collapse. Professor Guy McPherson is an American scientist, professor emeritus[2] of natural resources and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Has been telling us for more than 20 years we better stop before it’s too late. Now he says, it’s too late and we are in Planetary Hospice. Just in case you’re wondering the building blocks of life, “food” comes from air, land and sea, Flying insects, Birds, Rainforests, Plankton, Kelp Forrest’s, Coral Reefs, Mammals (excluding Man, Cattle and Sheep) all 90% GONE.
Soil erosion, with viable soils 70% gone. Ice Loss via CO2 and CH4 now has 100 foot sea level rise baked in…perhaps in 3 years or 50, it doesn’t matter. Both Northern and Southern Jet streams in failure creating massive heat domes, mega droughts, massive floods and landslides across the globe in places never previously affected. We are currently in an extended La Nina period; the last El Nino was 2016 when Land Temperatures were 3C higher than the baseline. The next El Nino could be the last for Earth’s Native Population.
"End of the world as we know it," Just another of the "5000" religions, that has been plagued human society. Brought about by the same type of "all knowing" psychopaths you mentioned. It is man's hubris of believing that they understand everything of the world, that lead to the civilization's troubles, like it has done to most ancient civilizations.These prophets of doom, have been found to be wrong time after time. Just as the most recent prophets of doom have been found to be incorrect as well. If they had been correct, the world's population would not be half as big, as the "all knowing" foretold that crop production could not maintain the projected increases. Yet it did. It was said that the next ice age was coming about, then reversed 180 and a decade later with global warming. Ocean levels should have already covered our coastal cities. Civilization as we know it should not exist right now. This religion like many others before it, is used to gain money and power. Its man's own false sense of "knowing all" and those who ignore history, mass indoctrination, etc that has lead us to this point.
We know the earth has gone thru plenty of extreme weather variants throughout its history. Its man's folly to continue to believe these false prophets.They have all been proven wrong since the 1960s. The term " climate change" is due to these self proclaimed soothsayers, being proven wrong time after time. The end varied from global warming to the next ice age, as well as many other world ending calamities. None of which ever came about. Doom and gloom sells in today's society's. Its also being used to gain power. Even after falling into this trap so many times, we still haven't learned from history.
@@johnhickman8391 Well Said!
The perfect example of how to conflate a message. Each of your points contra's the previous or next, through slight of hand, deflection and distraction.
1, I am not a false prophet.
2, I'm not selling anything.
3, I'm too old for power now.
4, I spend my time in nature whenever and wherever I can.
5 You seem to be Head of the Herd and I'm not interested it your crap.
Seems you've taken my comment as a slight against you. Was not intended to be such. Your contrived "issues" with my comment are only feeble attempts to discredit its message. I never stated you were one of those in question. You made that assumption, then proceeded to attempt to needlessly show how you weren't. Re-read my comment again, real slow this time. You apparently disagree with my comment, yet have no logical counter-argument, so instead you've resorted to fallacies in retaliation.
@@johnhickman8391 Oh wow! Taken as a slight…god forbid I’m so sorry. Did I misunderstand what you said. Now I’m feeling felling anxious about how I replied to you. Now I’m confused about what you said to me, maybe I’m being too sensitive and I simply overreacted to your comment? Maybe it wasn’t you at all. It was me, I’ve seen too much BS on the internet to know what is real and what isn’t? Or maybe I’m being Gaslighted by a chap with the intelligence of a Goldfish Bowl with twice the interior space? Thank you for your comment.
OK John, I’ve done as you asked and re-read your reply…. It is not my job to educate you: so much is missing, misinformed or totally incorrect from your initial reply to my comment. A small part of what you say is correct, “Religion is a plague on society” led by “all-knowing psychopaths” I know all about psychotic prophets of doom, but in truth it only needs one to be correct….that’s the problem!
I am not that one!
The “all knowing” you’re talking about (I assume is Paul Ehrlich, “The Population Bomb”) written 1968 and not the Paul Ehrlich, Nobel Prize Winning Biochemist? Paul was totally correct in all his assumptions, but he didn’t know about changes in DNA that were on the way led by Norman Borlaug who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970 for saving over 1 billion people from starvation by dwarfing grains…..It was called the Green Revolution. Perhaps you don’t know about this?
The coming Ice age false forecasts were based on Milankovitch cycles with no knowledge or understanding of SO4, CH4 and CO2 levels or their impact on global temperatures. In truth, I was confused and totally frustrated by these people for years.
Ocean Levels are rising, if you lived on the coast “anywhere on the planet” you would know this to be true. In order for Sea Levels to rise, Ice has to melt. If the Arctic became a Blue Ocean Event (No Ice Left) Sea Levels would rise by zero meters. An ice cube in a glass of water only rises by the amount of ice above the water level, its tiny…. But, Arctic Sea Ice - multiyear ice used to have a depth of 30-50 metres deep and cover 12-16% of the Arctic, it’s now 3-5 metres deep and covering 3-4%.
Evidence suggests that Sea Levels have risen in the past some 300 meters, possibly 400 meters above present levels. It makes me wonder why you question 100 feet?
If all the Ice on Greenland melted the sea would rise 40-70 feet, if the ice from Antarctica melted the sea would rise 100-150 feet. Will it take 5 years or 50 years? Does it matter?
So as for the rest of your last reply, I’m sorry, it makes no sense to me. I understand you’re not wanting to accept this, but not accepting it doesn’t change it.
FYI I get my information from Journals like Science, Nature, et.al written by top Professors in Physics, Chemistry, Geoengineering, Climate, Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospherics, Earth Science
There’s something really eerie and lovecraftian about Easter island
Fantastic video
Practically a complete history 😍😎
My favorite part of this was “he raised his musket as a reply” you made it sound so cordial like he wasn’t about to blow someone to pieces over them taking his hat
They were giant grave stones erected to honor Island people who passed away 🙏
As for the moais that's facing down- as if fallen. Chances are they fell overtime. Islander societies have great respect for their structures and treat them almost spiritually- they would not have left it lying down.
there are accounts that if a moai fell on its journey it was to be left where it was as it fell for a reason
Great start to a Saturday watching this!
Finally an accurate account of Rapa Nui. We now know what really happened to the island and it's people. Thank you for the hard work done to make this documentary possible.
Peace and Love 🌎