XML FeedsEaster Island Statues May Have "Walked" into Place
By For Your Consideration on Jun 22, 2012 | In News | Send feedback »
Using nothing but rope, how many people does it take to move a 10-foot tall, 5-ton statue a distance of one hundred yards? It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's a serious question for archaeologists Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo, who are studying how prehistoric inhabitants of Easter Island transported the region's iconic, monolithic figures — called "moai" — from place to place.
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