Mysterious Transportation Of 14 Tons
Naturally everyone is wondering about the face lift. No, not that kind of face lift! How on Earth did people move the Moai across the island? Numerous theories have surfaced about the possible methods. Some say ropes, human labor and even other kinds of equipment were necessary. While some theories say people utilized logs in order to gently roll these huge statues to their resting places. Overall, that means between 50 and 100 people were needed in order to transport the stones.
Mysterious Transportation Of 14 Tons
Testing The Theory
Again, when we speak of face lift, this is not your Hollywood face lift story. No, a Czech engineer named Pavel Pavel wanted to test a theory about how humans were able to lift these structures. With the help of Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, Pavel reconstructed a model statue. Then the two used one rope around its head while tying another to the statue’s base. Together with 16 others, they moved their model very slowly along. Unfortunately, they were damaging the model, so the experiment ended earlier than planed. Their calculations predicted with each day, they could move it another 330 ft.
Testing The Theory