#ancient-engineering

#ancient-engineering

Weighing between 12 and 80 tonnes, scientists have long wondered how the island's ancient civilisation could have moved the huge stone statues into place. Using a combination of 3D modelling and real-life experiments, scientists have confirmed that the statues actually 'walked' to their final destinations. After studying nearly 1,000 of the heads - known as moai - anthropologists found that the people of Rapa Nui likely used ropes to rock the statues in a zig-zag pattern.