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Thanks decimon and fanfan.

Gosh, I'll bet their next discovery will be that the statues *didn't* have a ceremonial function, but were erected to hold up the roof that used to cover the entire island. ;')

As soon as these "researchers" cut one out of the quarry with stone tools, roll it across the landscape, and put it on its base, without the use of machinery, they'll have something significant to contribute to whether or not the roads were used for moving them. Until then, they really need to shut up. IMHO of course.

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47 posted on 05/12/2010 6:18:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv
Easter Island statue lying beside 'road' - were the statues easier to move along a deliberately rock-scattered surface?
50 posted on 05/12/2010 6:38:27 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: SunkenCiv; decimon
they really need to shut up

But, But, But, it's not like anything was carved in stone...

55 posted on 05/12/2010 7:16:41 PM PDT by bigheadfred (If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...)
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To: SunkenCiv
the statues *didn't* have a ceremonial function, but were erected to hold up the roof that used to cover the entire island. ;')

Ugliest caryatids, EVER!

59 posted on 05/12/2010 11:26:38 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Take the road? Nah, that's way too easy.


64 posted on 05/13/2010 10:41:52 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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83 posted on 07/01/2012 8:07:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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