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Easter island is one of the most isolated inhabited and mysterious island. It is a triangle shaped island situated in the midway between Chile and Tehiti and is mostly made of volcanic rock. The figures you are seeing in the picture are the huge human figures curved out of the volcanic rock and are known as Easter Island Stones. Theses huge human figures are placed all around the coast line of the Easter Island and are known as Moai. These figures are found all over the island. Some of them are completed and some of them are half finished.
There were seven huge statues which face towards the sea.

The purpose of these stones is not known to any one. Many theories put forward by the archaeologists. Some of them are;
1.The stones served as astrnomical observatory.
2.They are the statues of the gods of the tribes to protect the village
3. Folklore says that they are the statues of seven sailers went out for expedition in to the seas.
4. They may be the status symbols of the tribes or clans.

Moai sits on a platform called Ahu.
�Some of the interesting points of these stones are.
The length of these stones vary from few feet to as long as 300 feet but 18 feet to 20 feet is the most common ranges for these stones.
The seven stones has a length of 16 feet each and each weigshs about 18 tons.
Some of the Moais were estimate to weigh as much as 80 to 90 tons.
Many of these Moais are erected quite far away from their quary sites.

Why these stones are erected and what purpose they served?

Who has erected these stones?

How could so few people move them even a couple of feet, let alone several miles, and without breaking them?

And once they did move them, how did they erect them? Even today, using powerful cranes, it would be no simple task.

Quite interesting to know answers to these questions. What do you say??

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