Easter Island Heads have been examined for decades and yet no answer can be given to the mystery as to why they were made. Thor Heyerdahl spent several months there and wrote of his experiences in Aku-Aku. The statues were made on the island and partially complete ones can be found in a quarry. The natives also demonstrated a method that could be used to move them and set them into place.
I think a long time ago, the people of Aku-Aku built the statues to scare away some of the other countries.
Or, they could have some religious significance.
Easter island may have been created by "aliens" or may have been "influenced" by aliens. Most people don't believe in that theory so im going to go with the people that were living there at the time created them influenced by other humans and ideas.
The stone which they are made from comes from Easter Island. They were quarried and carved on the island.
they look like male-heads. they have all the same features but they are inlarged.
Nobody really knows exactly why or how the statues got on Easter Island but a popular theory is they were part of a religious ritual. Hopefully with further research we will someday know.
On Easter Island which is 27 degrees south by 109 degrees west or 2350 miles west of Chile, South Pacific Ocean.
The Easter island heads, called moais, were made from a single block of stone. The technique, however, remains unknown.
The stone heads of Easter Island have cast an almost magical spell on anyone that has seen them and that is why they exist.
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887 heads were made in 300 CE to 400 CE
There are around 900 Moai (stone heads) on Easter Island.
the coasts of Easter island
No. There is no a name for the heads of the East Island.
easter island heads
The heads
There are 887 giant stone statues on Easter Island called moai, and most of them have heads.
The Easter Island heads are mainly a grayish color due to the volcanic rock they are made of. Over time, they may have accumulated some red or brown hues from natural weathering processes.
Polynesisans settled it from Bora Bora and created the heads from 1100-1600.
The average height of the Easter Island heads is around 13 feet, with some reaching up to 33 feet tall. The width of the heads ranges from about 6 to 13 feet.
Because they were made so long ago that no one knows anything about them.
No. It is believed that they were made almost 1000 years ago by Polynesians.