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  • Sir David Attenborough looked into the history of the statues on the remote Easter Island to discover how these astonishing monuments were first created.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 210

  • @thepriestofvaranasi
    @thepriestofvaranasi Рік тому +98

    This is a certified 🗿 moment

  • @shuddupeyaface
    @shuddupeyaface 2 роки тому +67

    The fact that human beings thrived there for so long is the true enigma. The statues are are just what people do. The humanity,the complexity or our wandering species is the real fascination.

  • @UnnamedCell-l6p
    @UnnamedCell-l6p 9 місяців тому +22

    Bro really said 🗿

  • @jensbond93
    @jensbond93 8 років тому +178

    they weren't pulled. they walked

    • @BirdedGO
      @BirdedGO 2 роки тому +2

      Nooo!, Rapa nui made them

    • @BirdedGO
      @BirdedGO 2 роки тому +1

      And people made them

    • @prod.byricky1040
      @prod.byricky1040 2 роки тому +4

      so much easier to think some external force made it instead of believing we humans can make this

    • @grantwilson9673
      @grantwilson9673 Рік тому

      Bro shut up

    • @javierramirez4722
      @javierramirez4722 Рік тому

      Degravitated thats the way they moved those lemurians statues

  • @supaasandy9807
    @supaasandy9807 7 років тому +33

    Now we know that the Moais were moved in a vertical way shaking the statue side-to-side with ropes over the head. That's why the rapanui people said that the moai "walked" to the Ahu from the volcanic fields. Only physical principles.

  • @The_Moai_God
    @The_Moai_God Рік тому +19

    The Moai will be where the Moai will be 🗿

  • @littledanmcnamara1840
    @littledanmcnamara1840 Рік тому +16

    Me the whole time watching this 🗿

  • @dark_viz
    @dark_viz Рік тому +4

    🗿

  • @iamofadeadinsideoof1181
    @iamofadeadinsideoof1181 Рік тому +32

    The sacred place where first Sigma was born🗿

  • @BornAgainCynic0086
    @BornAgainCynic0086 7 місяців тому +3

    Where Did the Easter Island Statues Come from? Umm, err, Easter Island?

  • @scottys1423
    @scottys1423 2 роки тому +38

    Question: Where they intentionally partially buried, or was the ground level that much lower when they were first placed there?

  • @CXLV101
    @CXLV101 8 років тому +21

    no, my dad built them last week

  • @mrkebab9051
    @mrkebab9051 2 роки тому +8

    Bruh🗿

  • @komati1234
    @komati1234 3 місяці тому +4

    Chama!

  • @silversurferthasplurger4431
    @silversurferthasplurger4431 8 років тому +17

    I always thought extraterrestrials had involvement in this, damn ancient aliens

  • @maryumtariq4912
    @maryumtariq4912 8 років тому +18

    Fascinating

  • @H_Yukikaze
    @H_Yukikaze 2 роки тому +4

    *Sad Moyai Noises* 🗿

  • @Kostya2005
    @Kostya2005 2 місяці тому +1

    This is moai statue 🗿 was very popular landmarks

  • @thanxreaperlux1126
    @thanxreaperlux1126 7 місяців тому +1

    They don't have any idea that their work admired as meme chad.

  • @telboyjack100
    @telboyjack100 7 місяців тому +1

    They were cut from the quarry in cylindrical form and then rolled to the site where they were carved into shape. Simples!

  • @A_Studio_X
    @A_Studio_X 11 місяців тому +1

    How did they get the stone hats on top of the statues? Apparently they weigh 10 tons.
    If you ask me it's because they were not primitive but had advanced technology.

  • @opensocietyenjoyer
    @opensocietyenjoyer 8 місяців тому

    there is nothing astonishing at the least artful art of human history

  • @SuperZarrabal
    @SuperZarrabal 8 років тому +13

    So, where did they come from?

    • @beluga-chan2271
      @beluga-chan2271 4 місяці тому

      Still a mystery

    • @beluga-chan2271
      @beluga-chan2271 4 місяці тому

      You alive ?bta

    • @akilizz_
      @akilizz_ 3 місяці тому +1

      @@beluga-chan2271Nope scientists figured it was made by tongan ppl during the tui tonga empire

    • @beluga-chan2271
      @beluga-chan2271 3 місяці тому

      @@akilizz_ so it was worshipped by pegans?

    • @akilizz_
      @akilizz_ 3 місяці тому

      @@beluga-chan2271 No tongans were pagans...the tui tonga empire were the best voyagers in the sea they travelled in the pacific to other islands and would 💀 the ppl there and sometimes put a mark on the area they seized. I guess they sailed to easter island and brang stuff from other places to create these statues.

  • @NobleGrows
    @NobleGrows Рік тому +2

    This is an amazing accomplishment by that civilization
    meanwhile on The History Channel:
    ALIENS 👽

  • @allen1411
    @allen1411 8 місяців тому +1

    Very fascinating!

  • @SkepticalChris
    @SkepticalChris 4 роки тому +16

    Rollers would only work if the rolling logs were perfectly cylindrical and the ground flat and level.
    Likely they were dragged but I lashed onto a wooden frame or sled to reduce surface area and friction

    • @austinmartinez2312
      @austinmartinez2312 2 роки тому

      Very barbaric lol. Someone definitely pulled something

  • @unofficialaccount0
    @unofficialaccount0 8 місяців тому +1

    These are Gigachads 1:32

  • @feliperos5529
    @feliperos5529 Рік тому +6

    🍷🗿

  • @James-kv6kb
    @James-kv6kb 6 місяців тому +1

    So we didn't really find out anything we didn't know

  • @3rikhndez
    @3rikhndez 10 місяців тому +1

    Alex pereira 👊🏽🪨 the UFC Light heavyweight Champ brought me here 🗿 #chama 🔥

  • @MuhammadEgypt
    @MuhammadEgypt 8 років тому +9

    So, who made them?

    • @JewTube001
      @JewTube001 8 років тому +1

      ancient aliens

    • @oppenheimer8279
      @oppenheimer8279 8 років тому +3

      +JewTube yup, ancient aliens from a parallel universe.

    • @mannyperez28
      @mannyperez28 7 років тому +1

      JewTube it was the lyrans that helped the Polynesians buit the statues they gave them the tools to buit them their leader was Viracocoha and those statues represent him they were giants like around 16 feet or way more feet read about them

    • @supaasandy9807
      @supaasandy9807 7 років тому

      The same rapanui people. They made the statues of volcanic rock, carving from the 2 volcanic fields of the island. It is possible that the inca people had hepled.

    • @goddessglow6996
      @goddessglow6996 6 років тому

      Mohamed Farouk nephilim

  • @briandelgado2066
    @briandelgado2066 Рік тому +5

    🗿🗿

  • @javierramirez4722
    @javierramirez4722 Рік тому

    This was the point of a bigger island that sank long ago

  • @Starfishtroopers
    @Starfishtroopers 8 років тому

    gobekli tepe ... and the mystery deepens

  • @philipthomas3938
    @philipthomas3938 Місяць тому

    The original moai were basalt and extremely hard to carve without higher technology which the stone Age Polynesians didn't have

  • @N.I.P.P.A
    @N.I.P.P.A 2 роки тому +5

    🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

  • @grantwilson9673
    @grantwilson9673 Рік тому

    They are cool

  • @rooneykwami4820
    @rooneykwami4820 Рік тому

    Io love history

  • @458maz
    @458maz 5 місяців тому +1

    Moaiiiiiiiiiiiii 🗿

  • @jasoneboles
    @jasoneboles 3 місяці тому

    Everyone is overlooking the obvious. The Easter Bunny put them there.

  • @Newbroken
    @Newbroken 2 роки тому

    WHERE??

  • @eileenlocke7877
    @eileenlocke7877 Рік тому

    Wow

  • @sophialiu277
    @sophialiu277 8 років тому +2

    easter choco

  • @midwestern_rc
    @midwestern_rc 2 місяці тому

    Oh so they had chainsaws back then too to cut down all the trees that didn’t exist on the island

  • @jackhymas4811
    @jackhymas4811 Рік тому

    I know how the moi was moved...the hats are counter wates .a rope gos between the moi and the hat ...the moi walked down the hill by this self..4 men can move the moi....thairs a Chinese toy that does the same thing. ... sorry about the spelling 😅

  • @abacus749
    @abacus749 11 місяців тому +2

    The brown hats on some of the Easter Island statues are possibly KOLPIK/ SHTREIMEL HATS. Alexander Salmon Jr.was the DE FACTO RULER of Easter Island from 1878 to 1888. Alexander Salmon Jr. with an English father and Tahitian mother was also a Jew, and he had a godlike status on Easter Island. The BROWN KOLPIK HATS with the raised crown were probably a tribute to Alexander Salmon who was possibly given such a hat by his father. The family were a mercantile dynasty with extensive plantations in the South Seas.

  • @swarnabumi116
    @swarnabumi116 3 місяці тому

    you will never know about the past. Because looking at the past with the way you think now. And besides, you feel smarter than them.

  • @jenmonty544
    @jenmonty544 2 роки тому +1

    For the Mayans and Aztecs. From me. Please. Thank you.

  • @gloriouse4458
    @gloriouse4458 8 років тому

    Blink of an eye👀🤔👌🌷🐾💞

  • @Mike-m5m
    @Mike-m5m Рік тому

    moai: give me gum gum you dum dum

  • @azariazr12
    @azariazr12 7 місяців тому

    Dam Cavedwellers

  • @sufiyajamalwalikhan6160
    @sufiyajamalwalikhan6160 2 роки тому

    David Attenborough in a history documentary?

  • @dorothyrichter1680
    @dorothyrichter1680 8 років тому

    Must be the illuminati! They've blamed stranger things on them! LOL

  • @Hyunckel
    @Hyunckel Місяць тому

    When and after I did Ayahuasca in a lethal dosage. Eastern Island is the place I will need to go. I cannot explain why but I need to go there is I can survive the Ayahuasca trial. I need some help because going to Peru is one thing but reaching Eastern Island with the freedom to move on the Island and around the island , and to stay there as long as needed.
    I may die at Eastern Island because I will have to do something dangerous and yes I'm fearless except for one thing "Thalassophobia is an intense phobia or fear of large or deep water. If you have thalassophobia, you may be afraid of the ocean, sea, and large lakes." and yes this mean that I will have to swim into the water around the island and accomplish the Bird Man trial. Even if I have thalassophobia , I will face my deepest fear and accomplish this trial or die trying.
    I will need help and ressources at some point because there is only so much I can do alone.

  • @nesbleu5352
    @nesbleu5352 2 роки тому +1

    🏝️❤️❤️🏝️

  • @Stonecutter334
    @Stonecutter334 23 дні тому

    Ha academics once again insisting they know anything about these statues when its plainly obvious nobody does. What’s shown here is absolutely hilarious.

  • @seandenzelrhymer760
    @seandenzelrhymer760 2 роки тому

    Ahhh pretty stones where is everybody?

  • @titikkoma8971
    @titikkoma8971 2 роки тому

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  • @anthonymorris5084
    @anthonymorris5084 6 місяців тому

    Where? Amazon, like everything.

  • @Donari
    @Donari 8 років тому +2

    aliens

  • @gaboltl
    @gaboltl 8 років тому

    Aliens, where else dude?

  • @Alex-gy5ce
    @Alex-gy5ce 29 днів тому

    BBC?

  • @danhorne3582
    @danhorne3582 4 роки тому

    We got it good here , Stay away . We are Mighty and Strong , Enough said .

  • @Dragon-Slay3r
    @Dragon-Slay3r 2 роки тому

    They will come soon enough.

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r 8 місяців тому +1

      The jagged zigzag room head cover for jinn face the music situation in ancient times 😂
      Regards
      Pharoah 🖕

  • @RayFliesAway
    @RayFliesAway Рік тому +1

    The giants played "chess".

  • @History-Ancient-Egypt
    @History-Ancient-Egypt 6 місяців тому

  • @whkwole6842
    @whkwole6842 4 роки тому +8

    Why should we assume the statues were moved? Can we assume that they were built at the same spot they now stand? For instance, people could have moved cement to the spot by the pound and mixed the cement with water to get cement concrete, and then moulded the concrete into statues with human fingers.

    • @tarafderpriyam1509
      @tarafderpriyam1509 3 роки тому +6

      It isn't made of cement. -_-
      It is made of volcanic rocks in a rock quarry close to the mouth of the volcanic crater on that island.
      Yeah it's true that out of the 800 statues on that island 400 are around that crater, but rest are scattered around the island. So obviously they had to be moved.

    • @legpol
      @legpol 3 роки тому

      @@tarafderpriyam1509 :Thank you. If you believe the statues were made from rocks, then you need to show what metal tools were used to carve them, and how they were transported around. If we believe they were made with cement, you don't need to do all these. Let me show you cement was also used to build something else, such as the platform on which the 15 statues stand, and the pedestals on which each statue stand. Please go and take a hard look at the 15 statues and the pedestals built with cement and pebbles. You will find all the 15 statues are hollow. If they were built with rock, they would not be hollow, they don't need any pedestals to stand on. Please come back and tell me again.

    • @tarafderpriyam1509
      @tarafderpriyam1509 3 роки тому +7

      @@legpol 1. Cement was discovered in 1824, while these were made hundreds of years ago.
      2. They are not hollow.
      3. Archaeologists have practically demonstrated that it wasn't hard for the people to carve those statues with simple tools since once the rock is broken, it can be easily cut into desired shape.
      4. Which pedestal are you talking about? The one where the statues are lined up above the ground?

    • @legpol
      @legpol 3 роки тому

      @@tarafderpriyam1509 : Maybe I was talking about a different kind of cement invented by people thousands of years ago. You see, ancient people built brick walls thousands of years ago. What material were the bricks made of? What was the binding material called?
      The pedestals I talked about are those under the 15 statues on a long black platform. The platform must be built by a kind of cement. Then, the 15 statues are supported by 15 pedestals made of pebbles which in turn are held together with a whitish binder, and I called the binder cement. The 15 statues must be held by the pedestals so firmly that the statues will not be toppled by winds from the sea. Therefore, the 15 statues must be hollow.

    • @tarafderpriyam1509
      @tarafderpriyam1509 3 роки тому +3

      @@legpol yeah some form of cementing material might have been used. But they are already so heavy that their centre of gravity is quite low so they aren't toppled. Not because they are hollow. But they had to be moved from one place to another either way.

  • @Jehoshua.J.A.K.
    @Jehoshua.J.A.K. 6 місяців тому

    We as people have not changed much in the last 3 million years. We have gained some knowledge through science but we are destroying our planet physically and humanity, socially. Global commerce is the key driving force behind this.

  • @jbiliHacker
    @jbiliHacker Рік тому

    i'm sure they just "made their gods" & started worshiping them, like all ancient civilizations!

  • @thesink5723
    @thesink5723 5 місяців тому

    Dropped from above by alien craft !!

    • @akilizz_
      @akilizz_ 3 місяці тому

      nah uh its the tui tonga empire

  • @talibanpeek
    @talibanpeek 5 місяців тому +1

    🧏🏻🧏🏻🤫🤫

  • @phyllisarrington7436
    @phyllisarrington7436 Рік тому

    👍

  • @2ez4m
    @2ez4m 8 років тому

    Aku-Aku

  • @ancientmesopotamian1699
    @ancientmesopotamian1699 8 років тому

    They came from the indigenous people who use to live on this island.

    • @rytiskurcinskas7179
      @rytiskurcinskas7179 8 років тому +1

      +Gavin 123 an island that small and that far from mainalnds cant sustain more then a few people and also that island doesint have any barried bones , meaning there was no life on it

    • @enerikeaaratemanuc.h.3236
      @enerikeaaratemanuc.h.3236 2 роки тому

      still live on the island*

  • @jenggayyy1084
    @jenggayyy1084 Рік тому

    my honest reaction:

  • @onthejob9153
    @onthejob9153 6 місяців тому

    Aliens

  • @zoeking95
    @zoeking95 Рік тому

    The lost book of enki

  • @Northdracula
    @Northdracula 2 роки тому

    They just want gum gum

  • @hughmacdonald3595
    @hughmacdonald3595 6 місяців тому

    Ikea.

  • @vvllxxmmzj
    @vvllxxmmzj 5 років тому

    it's so easy to move them. And with out wood rollers, Why are people still going on about this. And i can tell you not one person is correct. I could move them easy . But i wont say till someone really wants the knowledge.

    • @whkwole6842
      @whkwole6842 4 роки тому

      Michael Stuart : Why should we assume the statues were moved? Can we assume that they were built at the same spot they now stand? For instance, people could have moved cement to the spot by the pound and mixed the cement with water to get cement concrete, and then moulded the concrete into statues with human fingers.

  • @johnboona4048
    @johnboona4048 2 роки тому

    Aliens made them

  • @de1zyyy437
    @de1zyyy437 3 роки тому +2

    Ahahaha 🏇🗿🗿🗿🗿

  • @UndercoverDog
    @UndercoverDog 2 роки тому +2

    🔫🗿

  • @AsfandYarKhan-t8b
    @AsfandYarKhan-t8b 5 місяців тому

    ua-cam.com/video/WyM3q_WMyDI/v-deo.html - Easter Island: A Journey Through Time | Urdu/Hindi

  • @itsmesonic599
    @itsmesonic599 Рік тому

    Moai 🗿

  • @Adriano70911
    @Adriano70911 8 років тому

    I dont say it was aliens...

  • @wilsonsantiago3824
    @wilsonsantiago3824 8 років тому

    I did not understand a thing he said

    • @Ramjet164
      @Ramjet164 8 років тому +3

      So you can write in English but can't understand it when spoken?

    • @supaasandy9807
      @supaasandy9807 7 років тому

      Ramjet164 Chilean education problems.

  • @KM15Athletics
    @KM15Athletics Рік тому +1

    🗿🗿🗿

  • @crono3015
    @crono3015 8 років тому +3

    Ooga Booga Booga

  • @goddessglow6996
    @goddessglow6996 6 років тому +2

    Ancient civilization was more advanced than us

    • @onemorecast1352
      @onemorecast1352 2 роки тому +1

      True that! Its 2022. There's war, epidemic, high gas prices and tik tok. Help us

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 11 місяців тому

      And they had more time. Built things to last!

  • @leonardoweber9574
    @leonardoweber9574 4 місяці тому +1

    🗿🗿🗿🗿

  • @jenmonty544
    @jenmonty544 2 роки тому

    Next up. Abe is lonely. And wants to know who he has who wants to marry someone in the USA. He is sorry he had to go take care of things.

  • @exus2sky
    @exus2sky 7 місяців тому

    Moors...

  • @robhappe2705
    @robhappe2705 2 місяці тому

    China

  • @ppenguine866
    @ppenguine866 8 років тому

    Their carving rock with rocks?

    • @Ralfisael
      @Ralfisael 8 років тому +4

      Harder rocks can break vulcanic rocks easily.

    • @IllyasvielVonEinzbern01suJ
      @IllyasvielVonEinzbern01suJ 8 років тому

      Well, what else could you have done back then if you didn't have metal tools? xD

  • @Jimmy2time
    @Jimmy2time Рік тому

    Or slavery

  • @arashhamidi2628
    @arashhamidi2628 2 роки тому

    نخوندم🗿
    No one cares🗿

  • @fullplates
    @fullplates 3 місяці тому

    Such a fake video

  • @eldorad0x24
    @eldorad0x24 Рік тому

    Less than 2 minutes to explain a fact always mystified by other medias thanks @bbcearth

  • @alinan4320
    @alinan4320 8 років тому +3

    Easter island my dream destination some day ❤❤❤