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it is one of the most remote places on
Earth an island shrouded in
mystery for centuries people have
marveled at these giant stone statues
that dot the Windswept terrain of Easter
Island who carved these statues and
why how did they carve them and perhaps
even more remarkable how could moves
statues that could be 32 ft tall and
weigh close to 82
tons now a new experiment tests a theory
for how the statues were moved okay
ready pull pull release pull release and
attempts to find out how it was really
done the transportation of the status is
perhaps the most important contribution
of these cultures to humanity can just
26 people using only ropes move a 10ft
tall 5 ton statue I think we can do it I
think we have the force we have the
Manpower will this experiment help solve
the mystery of Easter
Island right now on this Nova National
Geographic special
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