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This has actually been known for many years, but seeing the pictures is a bit of a surprise.
Hidden treat: The Easter Island heads also have BODIES
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Hidden treat: The Easter Island heads also have BODIES
And what else did the team discover??The enduring image in the public's mind of the mysterious heads on Easter Island is simply that - heads.
So it comes as quite a shock to see the heads from another angle - and discover that they have full bodies, extending down many, many feet into the ground of the island.
The Easter Island Statue Project has been carefully excavating two of 1,000-plus statues on the islands - doing their best to uncover the secrets of the mysterious stones, and the people who built them, as best they can.
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more, with pictures, at Daily Mail link above The statues were erected in place and stand on stone pavements
Post holes were cut into bedrock to support upright tree trunks
Rope guides were cut into bedrock around the post holes
Posts, ropes, stones, and different types of stone tools were all used to carve and raise the statues upright
The dirt and detritus partially burying the statues was washed down from above and not deliberately placed there to bury, protect, or support the statues
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