They cut cylinders, rolled them downhill with rope and levers, stood them up using another one as a fulcrum for the lever, and carved them in place. This was genius then. Today it’s high school physics. It should be obvious to us how they did it.
Today it’s high school physics.
I don’t see what this has to do with getting Jenny pregnant behind the gym, but okay…
The current leading theory is that they “walked” them.
Here’s a video showing how “walking” a statue is done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE Also, relevant part of the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai#Transportation
Gotta love how humans always look back on old historical monuments/structures from before we had machines and are arrogant enough to assume ancient people were too dumb to figure out things like moving rocks that were too heavy to carry by hand.
My favorite podcast has an episode on Rapa Nui/Easter Island.
https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/07/26/episode-6-of-fall-of-civilizations-is-now-live/
It’s probably the best 2hours of podcast I’ve ever listened too. It is very sad, and very beautiful.
https://youtu.be/7j08gxUcBgc
Rapa nui has had a tough fuckin go of it
Rangi’s brother was REAL buff