Shane McMahon's Ass
09-08-2009, 11:49 AM
A team of archaeologists claimed to have solved the mystery as to how the famous Easter Island statues acquired their distinctive red hats.
The researchers from the University of Manchester and University College of London examined the way the hats, each weighing several tonnes and made of red scoria, a volcanic rock like pumice, were moved by Polynesians between 500 and 750 years ago.
They believe the hats were built in a hidden quarry inside the crater of an ancient volcano and then rolled by hand or via tree logs to the site of the statues.
The researchers from the University of Manchester and University College of London examined the way the hats, each weighing several tonnes and made of red scoria, a volcanic rock like pumice, were moved by Polynesians between 500 and 750 years ago.
They believe the hats were built in a hidden quarry inside the crater of an ancient volcano and then rolled by hand or via tree logs to the site of the statues.