No one has ever conclusively proven how the statues on Easter Island, the
moai, were moved into place. The story told by generations of Rapanui, the indigenous residents of the island, describe theĀ
moai walking the land animated by
mana, a spiritual force transmitted by powerful ancestors. Archaeologists
Terry Hunt and
Carl Lipo tested a way the
moai might have "walked," and found it
plausible.
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