EASTER ISLAND HEADS

One of the most important things about the internet is that we can sit in our homes and LEARN so much.   A very dear friend on Facebook posted the fact that the Easter Island heads had bodies -
a somewhat strange and intriguing statement!   So I went to my friend Google to see what was so unusual about anyone having a body .............   What I found is truly remarkable.  

Easter Island is a blip on the radar of the universe - a small island in the Pacific Ocean and yet it bears evidence of yet another footprint in history.   Here's what my other friend Wiki says:

Moai ⁱ/ˈmoʊ.aɪ/, or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500.^[1] Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna).^[2] The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most would be cast down during later conflicts between clans.

The production and transportation of the 887 statues^[3] are considered remarkable creative and physical feats.^[4] The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost 10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 82 tons;^[5] the heaviest erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tons; and one unfinished sculpture, if completed, would have been approximately 21 metres (69 ft) tall with a weight of about 270 tons.

Stop right there!   Lets try to bring a dose of reality to the situation.   Here's a tribe or clan living in the middle of a very large expanse of water maybe 700 years ago.    How did they get there?   Where did they come from?   What did they eat?   They must have liked seafood, I would think.   And they must have been strong.   These statues are carved out of rock and were partially buried under the ground.  Where did they get their tools?   Did they carve using sharpened rocks?   However the inhabitants of this island went about their business, they achieved something remarkable.   They left behind something noteworthy that enriches our lives.   These statues are around 30 feet high and what we find on Easter Island represents commitment and perseverance beyond anything I can think of.

One last thing - on close scrutiny and by deduction, this must have been the work of men because  I don't see any skirts or dresses.    Ah!  Some things don't change!