Friday 24 May 2019

When Ever I See Pictures Like This,

I always think, 'Easter Island Heads',


but they are not just heads, 

 these heads have torsos as well, the bodies were just buried the whole time (well, until the archaeologists excavated them), the large stone statues, or moai, for which Easter Island is famous, were carved during the period A.D. 1100–1680 (rectified radio-carbon dates), a total of 887 monolithic stone statues have been inventoried on the island and in museum collections, although often identified as “Easter Island heads,” the statues have torsos, most of them ending at the top of the thighs, although a small number are complete figures that kneel on bent knees with their hands over their stomachs, some upright moai have become buried up to their necks by shifting soils, photographs by Outdoor Revival, it makes me think of how many other ancient artifacts have been buried by shifting soil and are just waiting to be dug up?


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