Who built those stone statues on Easter Island? Why did this construction suddenly stop?

Easter Island is an isolated island in the South Pacific. It was named after Easter discovered by the Dutch navigator Roger Wayne in 1722. The island is famous for its hundreds of giant stone statues. Its stone statue is more than 9 meters high and weighs about 30 tons. The stone statue is majestic and arrogant, which is hard to understand. Its stone statues and the cultural significance they contain have attracted countless scholars.

In the South Pacific Ocean, 3700 kilometers away from the South American continent, there is a beautiful and mysterious island, which is the famous Easter Island. Its area is only 1 17 square kilometers and its population is only 1400. However, among thousands of other islands in Qian Qian, none is so full of fascinating mystery.

Huge stone statues stand on the island, and strange gestures and gloomy eyes have shrouded the island in a deep and mysterious atmosphere. These statues are 9 meters high and carved from huge stones. They have long ears, short foreheads, big noses, and very serious facial expressions, which are daunting.

The number of Stonehenge statues is amazing, too. There are more than 40 in this place alone, and there are more than 300 on a slope in Gushan, La Nuorala, not far away? Some of them are close together, and more are scattered one by one every 50 yards or so. And each giant stone statue weighs more than 30 tons?

Most archaeologists and historians believe that Polynesians, an indigenous people who have continued on Easter Island to this day, settled on the island in about 12 century. According to legend, this part of the earliest indigenous people migrated from Masas Island in the Pacific Ocean, 3700 kilometers northwest of the island, by virtue of the superb navigation skills of Polynesians.

This part of the "immigrant ancestors" is characterized by a large earlobe, which makes them look very long, so they are called "long-eared people" by archaeologists. These early immigrants overcame countless unimaginable difficulties under extremely difficult and harsh natural conditions and finally survived tenaciously on the island.

Around the14th century, in order to commemorate the inheritance created by their immigrant ancestors, "Long-eared people" began to build stone statues on the island and worshipped them as idols. They also gave these statues a noble name "Moi". Shortly after the "long-eared people", a group of new immigrants moved to this island from other islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is said that their ears are much shorter than those of "long-eared people" and may be as normal as ordinary people. For the sake of distinction, historians call these residents "short-eared people". "Moai" idol is also the worship of "short-eared people".

In the initial period, the two groups of residents on the island got along well and felt like a family. But after two centuries of peace, the unfortunate situation of division and confrontation happened. Relying on the long-established immigration advantage, "long-eared people" gradually turned to oppression and wanted to rule "short-eared people". The growing inequality finally caused the resistance of "short-eared people", which led to the war between tribes. After a brutal fight, the "Long-eared People" were gradually at a disadvantage and retreated to the Beuck Highland at the eastern end of the island.

They dug a 2000-meter-long ravine there, filled it with tree trunks and shrub strips, and then lit it. But this avenue only blocked the attack of some "short-eared people", while the other "short-eared people" tactfully avoided the gunfire and attacked from the other end of the highland. The raid wiped out the long-eared people, who were pushed to the edge of digging their own fire road. Most of them were burned alive and few survived. It is estimated that the war probably lasted 1680.

Later, however, it was found that there were hardwood book tickets engraved with ideographs on Easter Island, and ideographs were also found on the back necks of some stone statues on the island. It is a fact recognized by historians that Polynesians have never expressed it in writing.

Therefore, the first settlers on Easter Island must have come from other recorded races. The stone carvings found in Veracocha, Peru are strikingly similar to those found on Easter Island. It can be concluded that the earliest inhabitants of Easter Island and the creator of Stonehenge on the island are Peruvians.

Peruvians did not come to Easter Island around 12 century, but drifted here as early as the 3rd century. This man's idol.

In the initial period, the two groups of residents on the island got along well and felt like a family. But after two centuries of peace, the unfortunate situation of division and confrontation happened.