What is the giant stone statue on Easter Island? What technology was used to build it?

Easter Island is an isolated island in the South Pacific. It was named after Easter discovered by the Dutch navigator Roger Wayne in 1722. The island is famous for its hundreds of giant stone statues. Its stone statue is more than 9 meters high and weighs about 30 tons. The stone statue is majestic and arrogant, which is hard to understand. Its stone statues and the cultural significance they contain have attracted countless scholars.

In the South Pacific Ocean, 3700 kilometers away from the South American continent, there is a beautiful and mysterious island, which is the famous Easter Island. The area is only 1 17 square kilometers and the population is only 1400 people. However, among the thousands of other islands in Qian Qian around the world, none is so full of fascinating mysteries. There are huge stone statues on the island, and the strange posture and gloomy eyes have shrouded the island with a deep mysterious atmosphere. These statues are 9 meters high and carved from huge stones. They have long ears, short foreheads, big noses, and very serious facial expressions, which are daunting.

The number of Stonehenge statues is amazing, too. There are more than 40 in this place alone, and there are more than 300 on a slope in Gushan, La Nuorala, not far away? Some of them are close together, and more are scattered one by one every 50 yards or so. And each giant stone statue weighs more than 30 tons?

Most archaeologists and historians believe that Polynesians are the indigenous people on Easter Island, and they settled on the island in about 12 century. According to legend, this part of the earliest indigenous people migrated from Masas Island in the Pacific Ocean, 3700 kilometers northwest of the island, by virtue of the superb navigation skills of Polynesians.

This part of the "immigrant ancestors" is characterized by a large earlobe, which makes them look very long, so they are called "long-eared people" by archaeologists. These early immigrants overcame countless unimaginable difficulties under extremely difficult and harsh natural conditions and finally survived tenaciously on the island.

Around the14th century, in order to commemorate the inheritance created by their immigrant ancestors, "Long-eared people" began to build stone statues on the island and worship them as idols. They also gave these gods a noble name "Moi". Shortly after the "long-eared people", a group of new immigrants moved to this island from other islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is said that their ears are much shorter than those of "long-eared people" and may be as normal as ordinary people. For the sake of distinction, historians call these residents "short-eared people". "Moai" idol is also the worship of "short-eared people".

In the initial period, the two groups of residents on the island got along well and felt like a family. But after two centuries of peace, the unfortunate situation of division and confrontation happened. Relying on the long-established immigration advantage, "long-eared people" gradually turned to oppression and wanted to rule "short-eared people". The growing inequality finally caused the resistance of "short-eared people", which led to the war between tribes. After a brutal fight, the "Long-eared People" were gradually at a disadvantage and retreated to the Beuck Highland at the eastern end of the island.

They dug a 2000-meter-long ravine there, filled it with tree trunks and shrub strips, and then lit it. But this avenue only blocked the attack of some "short-eared people", while the other "short-eared people" tactfully avoided the gunfire and attacked from the other end of the highland. The raid wiped out the long-eared people, who were pushed to the edge of digging their own fire road. Most of them were burned alive and few survived. It is estimated that the time of the war was around 1680.

Later, however, it was found that there were hardwood book tickets engraved with ideographs on Easter Island, and ideographs were also found on the back necks of some stone statues on the island. It is a fact recognized by historians that Polynesians have never expressed it in writing.

Therefore, the first settlers on Easter Island must have come from other recorded races. The stone carvings found in Veracocha, Peru are strikingly similar to those found on Easter Island. It can be concluded that the earliest inhabitants of Easter Island and the creator of Stonehenge on the island are Peruvians.

Peruvians did not come to Easter Island around 12 century, but drifted here as early as the 3rd century. This man's idol.

In the initial period, the two groups of residents on the island got along well and felt like a family. But after two centuries of peace, the unfortunate situation of division and confrontation happened.

The mysterious Easter Island is located in the southeast of the Pacific Ocean. When people mention Easter Island, the first thing that comes to mind is more than 800 giant stone statues standing on the island. These giant stone statues of unknown origin, ranging from 7 meters high to 10 meters and weighing dozens of tons, have always been Chile's national treasures. The reason why Easter Island is desirable is not only because these stone statues are "rare", but also because there are many unsolved mysteries on Easter Island and the stone statues themselves. The center of the world

Easter Island is one of the loneliest places in the world. It was not until April 5, 1722 that the aborigines on the island got in touch with the outside world. This is an expedition composed of 1 14 people and three warships, led by Dutch navigator Wen. When Logie found it, he wrote a dot on the chart with ink and wrote "Easter Island" beside it, because it happened to be Christian Easter. Since then, the island has been called "Easter Island".

Surprisingly, the residents of Easter Island call their place "the navel of the world". At first, people didn't understand the name, but later, when the astronauts on the space shuttle had a bird's eye view of the earth from high altitude, they found that the name was completely correct-Easter Island hung alone in the vast Pacific Ocean, just like a small navel. Did ancient islanders ever overlook their own islands from the air? If so, who took them into the sky with what aircraft? Mysterious stone statue

There are huge stone statues everywhere on Easter Island. They lie on the barren hillside of Shan Ye, or on the seashore. Dozens of statues stand on the artificial platform by the sea, either alone or in groups, facing the sea and looking up at it. These legless busts are lifelike, with high nose, deep eye socket, long ears, upturned mouth, hands on the stomach, indifferent expression and dignified manner. Stone statues are generally 5- 10 meters high and weigh dozens of tons. The tallest statue is 22 meters high and weighs more than 300 tons. Some stone statues have red stone caps on their heads, weighing 10 tons. These stone statues, which are called "Moai" by the locals, are carved from dark basalt and tuff, and some of them are inlaid with shells to make their eyes shine. These stone statues have unique shapes and exquisite carving skills, which are really amazing.

There is a local story: there is a magical witch on the island, who mobilized the stone statue to decorate it by the sea. Later, because the residents of the island did not honor her delicious lobster, she flew into a rage and blew down all the erected and walking stone statues in one breath. It is puzzling that what do these stone statues on the island symbolize? Is it a way for people to pay their respects, or a way to talk to the gods? Easter Island attracts anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world to solve puzzles, but in this way, more puzzles follow. How were the stone statues born? In the rubble of a crater on the island, there are still 150 unfinished statues. There are stone brooms, axes, chisels and other stone tools. Obviously, this is the original carving tool there. However, when experts asked the islanders about the origin of these stone statues, they found that they knew nothing about them, because none of them had participated in the carving of the stone statues. So were the stone statues built by their ancestors? Some scholars believe that the shapes of these stone statues are similar to those in Mayan Indian cultural sites in Mexico. Is it because ancient Mexican culture influenced them? But Mexico is thousands of miles away from Easter Island, which seems impossible.

Another question is, how did people transport these stone statues from the quarry at the northern end of the island to the seaside dozens of kilometers away? Locals say it's the power of ghosts or volcanic eruptions; The layman said that this is the masterpiece of aliens; The insider said that the stone statue may have been rolled to the seaside with logs, but it was immediately refuted because there were no tall trees on the island. Later, some scholars put forward two hypotheses: 1. Pull the stone statue with a rope, so that the two sides of the bottom touch the ground respectively and move forward like a person walking. 2. Use crowbar and rope to move the stone statue lying on the hillside to the big sledge, spread thatched reeds on the road, and then pull it by people to make the crowbar move forward bit by bit. In order to verify the feasibility, the scholar really organized people to do it, and the results proved that these two assumptions were not established.

And some stone statues still wear heavy stone hats. A stone cap weighs about 2 tons. Lifting equipment is essential to put the stone cap on the head of a huge stone statue. How could the islanders be civilized enough to invent cranes before they mastered iron tools in previous centuries? So how are these stone caps raised? In addition, there are no trees on the island, and even the most primitive handling equipment such as rolling and sliding cannot exist, and the hoisting device is even more incredible.

There are also manpower problems. It takes at least 5000 strong workers to make more than 800 stone statues. Centuries ago, there were only a few hundred indigenous people on the island. They live an almost primitive life, and it is impossible to support 5000 workers. If the stone statues are really made by indigenous people themselves, so far, no one can give a reasonable reason why hundreds of indigenous people who even have problems eating have to go to great lengths to carve these 800-odd huge stone statues. No one can find a clue to explain the high technology of taking out big stones from hard volcanic rocks, and no one can explain why these indigenous people (even if they are sculptors) carve such outlines and expressions on the faces of these statues. There are no such models on the island: straight nose, thin lips, sunken eyes and low forehead. No one knows what kind of figures these statues represent. What power created so many stone statues? Is it the power of God or the power of outer space?

Finally, it is a matter of time. According to research, humans landed on Easter Island in 1 century, and the pedestal altar of the stone statue was built in the 7th century, and the stone statue was carved a century later. In the 12 century, this carving activity reached its peak and lasted for four or five hundred years. /kloc-about 0/650, the carving project stopped. Judging from the site environment, the direct cause of the sudden shutdown at that time may be a sudden encounter with natural disasters, such as volcanic eruption, earthquake or tsunami. But these are just guesses, which are not convincing. Stonehenge on Easter Island remains a mystery to the world until scientists prove all this. Talking wood

In addition, the writing of Easter Island is also an unresolved suspense. 1722, when Dutch navigator Wen arrived at Easter Island, he found some carved wooden signs hanging on the neck of the stone statue, which the local residents called "talking wood". However, even the first group of curious tourists could not find an islander who could recognize the words engraved on the wooden sign. It seems that the children and grandchildren on the island have forgotten everything their ancestors knew. These strange hieroglyphics are very similar to Chinese characters and may be the key to solve the mystery of Easter Island, but today, people can't interpret it. In addition, sadly, these slats were finally ignited and burned. At present, there are only a few wooden signs engraved with hieroglyphs in museums around the world.

These words and unexplained symbols are also found on rock carvings on the island. Some painted flat and wide stones were scattered on the beach like carpets. This cracked and mottled stone is 24 square meters, and it is placed in a fairly flat place, with signs such as fish shape, unclear human figure, sun and round stars. Of course, so far no one can guess what these patterns represent.