Easter Island statues have bodies!

Last Updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 18:27

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Tags: Easter Island, Statue, Polynesia

London: Archaeologists have discovered that the famous Pacific isle statues have bodies buried beneath them.

Two of the six-ton giants have been excavated in a bid to probe their history.

“Our excavations exposed the torsos of two seven-metre tall statues. Easter Island statues have bodies,” the Sun quoted group leader Jo Anne Van Tilburg as saying.

The heads, built by ancient Polynesian people, have puzzled scientists since the 1700s.

ANI

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First Published: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 18:27

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Denis St Laurent - Stettler Alberta, Canada
Awesome information. If these heads represent some dead important leader, perhaps there tomb is under the status...has there been seismic investigations done on the island?

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Ta Piri - Aotearoa
Rawe to see their bodies, but to be honest i already thought had bodies, werent they a gift to apise the gods , so that they wud sent them a great white waka, to take them away, cus they thought they were the only people that existed, but sum knew they werent cuz of things that had washed up on the beach. Anyways jst sumfing i was told!! Mihi aroha ki toku whanau o Rapanui!!