March 28, 2024, 11:53:44 pm
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News
: Satellite images 'show Atlantis'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3766863.stm
Home
Help
Arcade
Gallery
Links
Staff List
Calendar
Login
Register
the Moai of Rapa Nui
Atlantis Online
>
Forum
>
Ancient Mysteries
>
Easter Island
>
the Moai of Rapa Nui
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
Go Down
« previous
next »
Print
Author
Topic: the Moai of Rapa Nui (Read 400 times)
0 Members and 16 Guests are viewing this topic.
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:43:27 pm »
Moai are stone statues on Rapa Nui / Easter Island, Chile. The statues are all monolithic, that is, carved in one piece. The largest moai erected, "Paro", was almost 10 metres (33 feet) high and weighed 75 tonnes (74 Imperial tons, 83 American tons). One unfinished sculpture has been found that would have been 21 metres (69 ft) tall and would have weighed about 270 tons. Almost all follow a particular style with a disproportionately large head.
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #1
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:45:26 pm »
Rano Raraku Moai
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #2
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:46:25 pm »
History and description
The Moai of Easter Island are a giant form of statues that are widespread across Polynesia, there is some evidence that larger and larger Moai were carved during the islands statue building phase.
Completed statues were moved to ahus (ceremonial platforms) mostly on the coast. Then erected, usually with red stone cylinders (pukau) on their heads. These "topknots", as they are often called, were carved out of red scoria, a very light rock from a quarry at Puna Pau. About 95% of the 887 moai known to date were carved from Tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from Rano Raraku, where 394 moai and incomplete moai still remain visible today (there are also some Moai carved either from Basalt or from Red Scoria). Further detailed exploration including an early twentyfirst century GPS mapping of the island interior may add additional moai to that count. The quarries in Rano Raraku appear to have been abandoned abruptly, with many incomplete statues still in situ; an alternative interpretation is that when inclusions were encountered the carvers would abandon a partial statue and start a new one (Tuff is a very soft rock with occasional lumps of much harder rock included in it). However, the pattern of work is very complex and is still being studied.
Sometime between the eighteenth century visits to the Island and the mid nineteenth century all of the Moai were toppled from their Ahus. Oral histories indicate that this was part of internecine conflict among the islanders rather than earthquake or other cause.
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #3
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:47:28 pm »
The only kneeling Moai
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #4
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:48:18 pm »
Although often described as "heads", the moai are actually whole body statues with oversized heads and simplified torsos. Some of the iconic images of moai show statues on the slopes of Rano Raraku buried to their shoulders, this may be the origin of the stone head description(the Routledge expedition of 1915 excavated some of the stoneheads and discovered that they did indeed have buried bodies).
Those Moai that aren't too eroded typically have designs carved on their backs and posteriors, the Routledge expedition of 1915 established a cultural link between these designs and the islands tattooing tradition which had been repressed by missionaries half a century earlier. Until modern DNA analysis this was a key scientific proof that the Moai had been carved by the Rapa Nui and not by a separate group from South America.
In recent years, it has been discovered that the famous deep eye sockets of the moai were designed to hold coral eyes with obsidian pupils. Once the broken fragments of white coral were found to fit together to form an eye many previously uncategorised finds in the Easter Island museum were re-examined and recategorised as eye fragments. Replica eyes have been constructed and placed in some statues for photographs.
The statues were carved by the Polynesian colonizers of the island beginning by about A.D. 1000 – 1100. In addition to representing deceased ancestors, the moai, once they were erect on ceremonial sites, may also have been regarded as the embodiment of powerful living chiefs. They were also important lineage status symbols. The moai were carved by a distinguished class of professional carvers who were comparable in status to high-ranking members of other Polynesian craft guilds, or alternatively by members of each clan. The oral histories show that the Rano Raraku quarry was subdivided into different territories for each clan. The statues must have been extremely expensive to craft and transport; not only would the actual carving of each statue require effort and resources, but the finished product was then hauled to its final location and erected. It is not known exactly how the moai were moved but the process almost certainly required human energy, ropes, and possibly wooden sledges and/or rollers; as well as levelled tracks across the island (the Easter Island roads). Oral histories and current science currently support the theory that the main method was that the moai were "walked" by a rocking process. (Pavel Pavel and his successful experiment showed that only 17 people with ropes are needed for relatively fast transportation of moderately small statues and suggest this technique could be scaled to move larger statues as well). By the mid-1800s, all the moai outside of Rano Raraku and many within the quarry itself had been knocked over. Today, about 50 moai have been re-erected on their ceremonial sites or museums elsewhere.
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #5
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:49:14 pm »
Maps of Easter Island showing locations of Moai
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #6
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:50:20 pm »
First European drawings of moais, in the lower half of a c.1772 Spanish map of Easter Island
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #7
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:51:21 pm »
A close up of the moai at Ahu Tahai, restored with coral & obsidian eyes by the American archaeologist William Mulloy
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #8
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:52:24 pm »
Moai from Ahu Ko Te Riku in Hanga Roa, with Chilean Navy training ship Buque Escuela Esmeralda cruising behind. This moai is currently the only one with replica eyes.
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #9
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:53:27 pm »
Ahu Tongariki, restored in the 1990s
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #10
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:54:21 pm »
Ahu Akivi, the only moai facing the ocean
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #11
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:55:54 pm »
Rano Kao
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #12
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:56:53 pm »
Ahu Te Pito Kura, the world's navel according to local folklore.
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #13
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:57:36 pm »
Report Spam
Logged
Kerry Lenzendorf
Superhero Member
Posts: 4196
Re: the Moai of Rapa Nui
«
Reply #14
on:
July 26, 2007, 10:58:48 pm »
The rongorongo script of the Easter Island
Report Spam
Logged
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
Go Up
Print
« previous
next »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Atlantis Online - Messages
-----------------------------
=> Messages
=> Administrative Messages
=> Commemorating Dates in History
=> Alerts & Warnings
=> Upcoming Events, Releases & Ads
=> Television: Shows & Events
-----------------------------
the Coffee Shop
-----------------------------
=> the Coffee Shop
=> Atlantis: Polls & News
=> Poltical Alerts
=> Causes & Activism
-----------------------------
Videos, Documentaries & Online Movies
-----------------------------
=> Ancient History & Lost Civilizations
=> Ghosts, UFOs & the Esoteric
=> Music, Entertainment & the Arts
=> Conspiracies & Suppressed Knowledge
=> Documentary & Videos
-----------------------------
Ages of the Earth
-----------------------------
=> The Early Earth, Geology & Fossils
=> Dinosaurs
=> Catastrophes & Mass Extinctions
=> Ice Age
=> Humanity's Origins & Civilization's First Steps
-----------------------------
Mythology & Heroic Sagas of Culture & Myth
-----------------------------
=> Mythology
=> Greek Mythology
=> Arthurian Myth
=> Quest for King Arthur
-----------------------------
Atlantis
-----------------------------
=> Atlantis & the Atlantic Ocean
=> Atlantis: Theories & Speculation
=> Plato's Atlantis
=> the Scientific Atlantis
=> Geology & Atlantis
=> Atlantis & the New Age
=> Atlantis in the Media
-----------------------------
Satellite Discoveries & Alternate Archaeology
-----------------------------
=> Alternate Archaeology
=> Satellite Discoveries & Aerial Archaeology
=> the Bock Saga
-----------------------------
Maps, Explorers & Adventurers
-----------------------------
=> the Oceans
=> Islands
=> the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba & the West Indies
=> Explorers & Adventurers
=> Maps, Cartographers & Cartography
-----------------------------
Egypt & the Pyramids
-----------------------------
=> Gods of Egypt
=> Egypt & the Pyramids
=> the Giza Complex
=> the Dynasties of Egypt
=> Egypt: Latest Discoveries
-----------------------------
the Guanches, Basques, Berbers & Sea People
-----------------------------
=> Guanches, Basques & Berbers
=> Pirates, Phantom Islands & Stories of the Sea
=> the Sea People
-----------------------------
the Ancient World
-----------------------------
=> Neolithic Europe
=> Stonehenge & the Druids
=> the Library of Alexandria, Ancient Historians & Philosophers
=> Ancient Warfare
=> the Spartans
-----------------------------
the Dawn of Civilization
-----------------------------
=> Africa, the Cradle of Life
=> China & the Asian Empires
=> Eastern Mysticism, India, & the Ancient Far East
=> Zoroastrianism, Arabia & the Near East
=> the Sumerians
=> Ancient Asia Minor
=> Hawaii, Australia, Alaska & the Pacific Rim
-----------------------------
Ancient Mediterranean Cultures
-----------------------------
=> Minoan Crete
=> Phoenicians & Carthage
=> Mediterranean Islands
=> Israelities & the Kabbalah
=> Etruscans
=> Ancient Greece
=> Rome: Empire & Republic
-----------------------------
Ancient European Cultures
-----------------------------
=> The Picts & Celts
=> Ireland: History & Myths
=> Balkan History
=> Italy & Magna Graecia
=> the Vikings & Scandinavia
=> Germanic History
-----------------------------
Timelines of Ancient Europe
-----------------------------
=> History of Britain
=> Scotland: in History & Lore
=> Continental Europe: Past & Present
=> the Dark Ages
=> the Medieval World
=> The Renaissance
-----------------------------
the Ancient Americas
-----------------------------
=> the Ancient Americas
=> Peru: Mysteries & Prehistory
=> Mesoamerican & South American Cultures
===> Aztec
===> Incan
===> Olmec
===> Toltec & Teotihuacan
=> Mayan
=> Native American
=> Canada: Past & Present
-----------------------------
The Crusades, Templars & the Holy Grail
-----------------------------
=> the Crusades
=> the Knights Templar
=> The Holy Grail & Christian artifacts
=> The Sacred Feminine, the Cathars & Gnosticism
=> the Da Vinci Code
-----------------------------
Ancient Mysteries
-----------------------------
=> Philosophy
=> Ancient Mysteries
=> Lemuria, Mu & other sunken civilizations
=> Easter Island
=> Oak Island
-----------------------------
Archaeology & Anthropology
-----------------------------
=> Museums & Universities
=> Archaeology
=> Ancient Languages
=> Archaeological News
=> Underwater Archaeology
-----------------------------
Ancient Knowledge, Mysticism & Sacred Beliefs
-----------------------------
=> Ley Lines, Ancient Astronomy & Archeoastronomy
=> Prophecy, 2012, End Times & the End of the World
=> Sacred Symbols
=> The Ancient Arts: Astrology, Alchemy, the Tarot, Arcane Recondite Practices & the I Ching
-----------------------------
Search for the Sacred
-----------------------------
=> Angels & Angelology
=> Goddess Worship
=> Search for the Sacred
=> World Religions
=> the Urantia Book
=> Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism & Ritual Magic
-----------------------------
Health & Healing
-----------------------------
=> Health, Healing & Medical News
=> Human Biology
=> Love & Relationships
=> Women's Studies
-----------------------------
Science & Technology
-----------------------------
=> Science, Physics & Technology
=> History of Science
=> Evolution vs. Intelligent Design
=> Human Genetics
-----------------------------
Earth Changes
-----------------------------
=> Earth Changes
=> Global Warming
=> Botany & Plant Life
===> Plants of the Americas that Changed the World
=> Antarctica & the Arctic
-----------------------------
Space
-----------------------------
=> NASA
=> Mars, the Red Planet
=> Life on Other Worlds
=> the Universe
=> Images from Space
-----------------------------
UFOs, Aliens & Future Science
-----------------------------
=> UFO's
=> Aliens & Alien Abduction
=> UFO Evidence & in the Media
=> Alternate History & Multiverses
=> Future Science
=> Time Travel
-----------------------------
the Occult
-----------------------------
=> Ghosts & Apparitions
=> Communicating with the Dead
=> Paranormal Events, Reincarnation & Near Death Experiences
=> the Enchanted World
=> the Supernatural
=> the Occult
-----------------------------
the Unexplained
-----------------------------
=> Cryptozoology
=> Bigfoot Sightings
=> the Unexplained
=> the Hollow Earth, Crop Circles, Strange Structures & Devices
=> Vanishings & Unsolved Murders
-----------------------------
Science Fiction & Fantasy
-----------------------------
=> Lord of the Rings
=> Science Fiction
=> King Kong, Gigantopithecus & the Mountain Gorilla
=> Godzilla, King of Monsters
=> Comic Books
===> Comic Book Creators
===> Videogames & Toys
-----------------------------
Halloween & Seasonal
-----------------------------
=> Halloween
=> Seasonal
=> Monsters of Myth, Movies & Folklore
=> Ghost Stories
=> the Zombie Apocalypse
-----------------------------
Genres of Film & Literature
-----------------------------
=> Universal Horror
=> H. P. Lovecraft
=> Horror
=> Dark Shadows
=> Twin Peaks
=> Online Horror Movies Sci-Fi & TV Series
-----------------------------
Arts & Literature
-----------------------------
=> Online Books & Research Papers
=> Classical Literature & Book Reviews
=> Art History
=> Architecture
=> Sculpture & Statuary
=> the Great Masters
=> Music
-----------------------------
Media & Film
-----------------------------
=> Cinema
=> the History of Film
=> Marilyn Monroe
=> Actresses & Models
=> Entertainment News
-----------------------------
Modern Historical Mysteries
-----------------------------
=> American History
===> Presidents of the United States
=> the World Wars
===> the Great Depression
=> the Holocaust
=> the Middle East: Past & Present
=> Modern History
===> the Industrial Age
===> Civil Rights
=> Great Cities of the World
=> the Kennedys: Their History & Assasinations
=> New York City: Then & Now
-----------------------------
September 11th, 2001
-----------------------------
=> September 11th: Conspiracies, Cover-ups & Remembrance
=> The World Trade Center Remembered
===> Life of the Twin Towers
=> Modern Warfare
=> Environmental Disasters & Mass Tragedies
-----------------------------
Suppressed Knowledge
-----------------------------
=> New World Order
=> Conspiracies
=> Suppressed Knowledge
=> Media Matters
-----------------------------
Politics
-----------------------------
=> the Barack Obama Administration
=> Conservatives, Trump, & Republican Politics
=> Joe Biden, Democratic Politics & News
=> Tea Party, Constitution, Libertarian Parties & Ron Paul
=> Politics & News
-----------------------------
Current Events
-----------------------------
=> Current Events & Odd Stories
=> The World Today
=> Financial News & the Economy
===> The History of Labor
=> Breaking News
-----------------------------
General Category
-----------------------------
=> Opinions & Editorials
=> Cartoons, Humor & Comic Strips
=> Ecology, Pets & the Animal Kingdom
=> General & Miscellaneous
=> Sports
=> Computers & the Internet
-----------------------------
Art, Graphics & Creative Writing
-----------------------------
=> Fantasy Art & Graphics
=> Creative Writing
===> Horror Fiction
=> Poetry
=> Photography & Models
=> Earth Images
-----------------------------
Past Events
-----------------------------
=> Case for Bush Impeachment/War Crimes
===> Bush Administration Torture Scandal
=> Campaign 2008
=> Atlantis Online - Memorial & Biography
===> Atlantis Online - Old Posts
Powered by
EzPortal
Loading...