Bodies of Easter Island’s famous heads revealed
Posted by staff / May 12, 2012
The head statuary of Easter Island is instantly recognizable to people all over the world, but who would have guessed that, lurking beneath the soil, these famous mugs also had bodies?
The Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative, which is funded by the Archaeological Institute of America, has been excavating two of the enormous figures for the last several years, and have found unique petroglyphs carved on their backs that had been conserved in the soil. Their research has also yielded evidence of how the carvers were paid with food such as tuna and lobster, as well as clues to how the enormous structures were transported.
To find out more and follow their work, check out their website at the link below.
Full story at Easter Island Statue Project via The Mary Sue.
I suppose if the statues had been buried up to their lips upon discovery that the scientific community wouldn’t have taken so long to investigate what was beneath the top soil.
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