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07. Moai Statues: Did Easter Island Invent Anti-Gravity?

It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!

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Did They Walk Away?

These things were built over about a 250 year period, between 12 50 and 15 hundred. The style of their design looks very similar to other polynesian art designs. Most of them are made from a rock called tough which is compressed volcanic ash. And near the main quarry where they were made, that's where about half of them are right now.

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