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Happy Easter 2025

The whole drawing is humor, a pun based on "Easter" and "Easter island". Happy Easter 2025 to all of you ! Traditional art 08/04/2025 Art and ideas (C) Carol (NightDragon07)

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Putting in that #werk so I can have a business! Fun fact: I had a laughing fit when I put that #moai head on that #buffdude. - #toonstop #anime #cartoon #comic #conceptart #characterdesign #characterart #illustration #drawing #traditionalart #buildingabrand #somegratesketches #moaistatue #figuredrawing #sketch #artistsoninstagram

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Bring the ancient wonders of Easter Island to life with this Moai SVG and PNG set, featuring the iconic stone statues that define Polynesian

Easter Island Moai SVG PNG

Bring the ancient wonders of Easter Island to life with this Moai SVG and PNG set, featuring the iconic stone statues that define Polynesian culture. Perfect for t-shirts, stickers, tattoos, and more, these high-resolution vector files are ideal for Cricut projects, DIY crafts, and art prints. Celebrate the historical monuments of Chilean heritage by incorporating these detailed Moai designs into your creations. Whether you're exploring ancient art or adding a unique element to your projects, these images are perfect for crafting stunning vinyl decals and tribal-themed artwork.

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Explore the rich history of Easter Island with this Moai SVG and PNG collection, capturing the iconic stone statues that symbolize ancient P

Easter Island Moai SVG PNG

Explore the rich history of Easter Island with this Moai SVG and PNG collection, capturing the iconic stone statues that symbolize ancient Polynesian culture. Perfect for t-shirts, tattoos, and DIY projects, these designs bring a touch of Chilean heritage to your creations. Whether you're crafting vinyl decals with your Cricut, designing unique art prints, or working on coloring pages, these high-quality vector files are ideal for adding an ancient relic's charm to your projects. Celebrate the mythical figures and historical monuments of the Pacific Islands with these versatile Moai designs.

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Day 21 - Ancient stone giants 365 Photo Print Challenge . . . #photochallenge #easterisland #moai #moaistatue #photooftheday #easterisland hike #chile #travelchile #chiletravel #chiletrip #fujifilm #chilegram #riverdartgallery #365photochallenge #365days #chilenature #riverdartgallery #chiledestination #chileadventure #explorechile #southamerica #travelsouthamerica #travelphotography #travellingthroughtheworld #travel #travelworld #traveladdict #ancient #southpacific #rapanui (at Easter Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZANVZZMFqz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Easter Island's 'Walking' Stone Heads Stir Debate

The Easter Island statues may have been walked in an upright position to their final locations, new research suggests

Controversial conclusion

"It's an entirely plausible hypothesis," said John Terrell, an anthropologist at the Field Museum in Chicago, who was not involved in the study.

The combination of physics, archaeological evidence, satellite imagery of the roads, and human feasibility makes their story compelling, Terrell told LiveScience.

But not everyone is convinced.

The walking hypothesis relies on particular statue geometry; namely, that all the statues had wider bases than shoulders when they were moved, said Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the director of the Easter Island Statues Project, and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study.

Her research of 887 statues on Rapa Nui has found much more variation in this ratio, even in statues found in transit to their ceremonial platforms.

In 1998, Van Tilburg and others from the Easter Island Statues Project used a similar replica to show that moving the statues horizontally along parallel logs could work as well.

"I don't think you have to invent a very awkward, difficult transport method," Van Tilburg told LiveScience.

What's more, Rapa Nui's prepared roads were rough and uneven, and the statues would have been moved over hilly terrain, said Christopher Stevenson, an archaeologist at Virginia Commonwealth University, who was not involved in Lipo's study.

By contrast, "in the NOVA exercise it was like an airport runway," Stevenson said.

And the replica the team moved is on the small side for statues — some of which are up to 40 feet (12 m) tall and weigh 75 tons. It's not clear the method would work for something much larger, Stevenson said.

Honestly, different methods might have been used over different generations.

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