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Old 05-13-2012, 09:20 PM   #16
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Check it out!!



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Old 05-13-2012, 11:19 PM   #17
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Thats amazing. How come no ones reported this in over a year?
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Old 05-13-2012, 11:36 PM   #18
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I got the link from a FB friend, and one of her other friends called hoax, so I checked it out some more. I started with the Wikipedia page about them. I agree that Wiki is fallible, however, follow the links and the evidence is overwhelming that they really do all have bodies
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Though moai are whole-body statues, they are commonly referred to as "Easter Island heads"
. Most of the moai on the island are in fact fully visible. The reason we think of them as just heads is that when photographers first got to the island all but the partly buried ones (the ones you generally think of ) had toppled. The heads had not as they were kept upright by... being half buried. They've since been set upright again - not a simple job. Some were probably toppled by earthquakes, some probably by rival clans. Landslides due to the earthquakes are probably the cause of the "heads" being "buried" as well. I get the impression that so many of them have been uncovered and set upright for quite a while, and the excavation is rather the last step in the restoration project. It's actually pretty cool that they were buried, as it has been able to preserve the fine details lost on the exposed ones. My guess is that they've become a bit of an internet sensation right now just because someone posted a photo in the right place at the right time and... whhhhhhooooosh! Everywhere. Rapa Nui has long been on my bucket list!
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Old 05-13-2012, 11:57 PM   #19
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Do we even know if they were intentionally buried?
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Old 05-14-2012, 08:12 AM   #20
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Rapa Nui has long been on my bucket list!
Mine too.

I seriously considered doing it about 15 years ago when I took a trip to Australia and New Zealand, but it's not on the way at all. It's not on the way to anywhere.

From Australia, it looks like it's about a two day trip to get there, including a long layover in Santiago where the only flights to the Island come from.
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Old 05-15-2012, 09:25 AM   #21
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A disturbing number of parallels can be drawn between the fall of their civilization and where first world nations are headed.

That's some Captain Planet crap right there.
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Old 05-15-2012, 04:54 PM   #22
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What, like, they started eating too much McDonald's and couldn't turn off the internet porn?

In seriousness, I'd like to know about some of these parallels, as I know absolutely nothing about the Easter Island culture.
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