Pulau Easther

It is one of the most isolated islands in the world but 1200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled with seafarers from a distant culture landed upon its shores. Over the centuries that followed a remarkable society developed in isolation on the island. For reasons still unknown they began carving giant statues out of volcanic rock. These monuments, known, as "moai" are some of the most incredible ancient relics ever discovered. The people of Easter Island called themselves the Rapa Nui. Where did they come from and why did they disappear? Science has learned much about the enigma of Easter Island and has put to rest some of the more bizarre theories, but questions and controversies remain.

Apa yg menjadi misteri?
1.Kenapa dorg bentuk batu ni serupa ngan manusia?
2. Tujuan dorg buat batu ni?
3. Macam mana dorg boleh bawak batu ni dari hujung pulau,coz kajian menunjukkan kat bahagian hujung pulau je yg ada batu seperti yang dibentuk oleh dorg ni?
4. Apa teknologi yg wujud pada zaman dorg ni?

rhys8

aku berminat gak pasal Easter Island Head nih, tapi tak tau pe cite...sowi.

Tapi, aku penah terbaca pasal misteri Easter Island Head ni yang mengikut satu sumber kajian (tak ingat kajian sapa, lama dah baca nih) semua kepala 'patung' ni memandang @ menghala ke langit.. ntah apa rahsianya..

sapa2 ada info lebih, share  le cni..

semua patung yg dijumpai memandang ke arah matahari terbenam lbh tepat.juz xpasti apsal

GRINDSAKHTANIC

cantiki pulau nih......boleh bikin tempat honeymoon....anyway,out topik jap..apa pakej yang ada kat sana??

nik2121

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GRINDSAKHTANIC

biase laa..
nih aku nak tanya nih.......ada pakej terbang ker pulau nih...

nik2121

Erm... Setahu aku, MAS ngan AirAsia blum lagi ada. Tak tahu la kot

ff: krng silap website ni.mana aku tau pakej terbang.

jofizo

Originally posted by rhys8 at 25-6-2007 05:09 PM
aku berminat gak pasal Easter Island Head nih, tapi tak tau pe cite...sowi.

Tapi, aku penah terbaca pasal misteri Easter Island Head ni yang mengikut satu sumber kajian (tak ingat kajian sapa, ...

ada haritu dlm rancangan 7 wonders of the world yg buat cover-up pasal easter island nih ...........  jumlah keseluruhan patung2 di pulau nih ada 847 kesemuanya. kedudukan patung2 nih kebanyakannya terletak mengelilingi pulau dan menghadap ke dalam (arah daratan) namun ada juga yg berada ditengah2 pulau.





Asal-usul penduduk di sini masih menjadi misteri iaitu bagaimana mereka boleh sampai ke pulau yg kedudukannya begitu terpencil dari tanah besar. ada beberapa teori yg mengatakan sebab apa patung itu dibina, antaranya sebabnya ialah sebab kepercayaan dan penyembahan pada batu tersebut, ada juga yg berpendapat ianya adalah sebagai tanda atau status sesebuah bagi keluarga. Untuk membina patung2 yg dianggarkan seberat 85 tan ini, ada ahli arkeologi yg mengatakan batu2 tersebut di bawa dari kawasan pergunungan di utara pulau tersebut namun ada juga yg berpendapat batu tersebut memang telah tersedia ada dikawasan dimana patung tersebut berada dan penduduk2 disitu yg mengukirnya.

Walaubagaimanapun terjadi perbalahan antara penduduk mengenai patung yg dibina, ada puak yg menentang pembinaan patung ini dgn meruntuhkan patung yg dibina, mereka beraggapan bahawa pembinaan patung tersebut menyebabkan pokok2 dipulau itu musnah kerana batang pokok tersebut ditebang utk dijadikan roda utk mengangkut batu tersebut, sehinggakan mereka tidak dapt membuat kapal kerana ketiadaan kayu. Pada abad ke-16 ada pelayar belanda yg singgah dipulau ini utk mencari hamba abdi dan mereka menggangarkan penduduk dipulau ini hanya tinggal sekitar 111 org sahaja.........

good info.thanks:tq: tp agak pelik bila penduduk pulau ni ble ilang camtu saje.what happen??remain mystery...any info on that:hmm:

jofizo

itulah yg sering terjadi pada tamadun dahulu, kalau ahli arkeologi dpt menemui rangka manusia purba kat pulau tu, pasti boleh menjawab persoalan tadi, samada mati kerana wabak penyakit atau bencana alam......

Tapi kalo difikirkan la...even if dorg mati coz of wabak or bencana alam pun mesti ada jgk rangka...at least...xmgkin ilang camtu je.

A chilling story of resource exploitation and destruction on Easter Island is beginning to come to light. The first westerners to discover the island wondered how any one could have survived on such a desolate, treeless place. Indeed, this was a mystery until recent core samples taken from the crater lakes showed that the island was heavily forested with a giant now-extinct palm while the Easter Island culture was active. Apparently the islanders were greeted with a lush tropical paradise when they first discovered it. It must have seemed inexhaustible. The trees were cut for lumber for housing, wood for fires, and eventually for the rollers and lever-like devices used to move and erect the moai. As the deforestation continued the moai building competition turned into an obsession. The quarry was producing moai at sizes that probably could never have been moved very far (one unfinished moai in the quarry is 70 feet tall!) And still the trees came down. With the loss of the forests, the land began to erode. The small amount of topsoil quickly washed into the sea. The crops began to fail and the clans turned on one another in a battle for the scarce resources. The symbols of the islanders' power and success, the moai, were toppled. Eyes were smashed out of the moai and often rocks were placed where the statues neck would fall so it would decapitate the moai. The violence grew worse and worse. It was said that the victors would eat their dead enemies to gain strength, bones found on the island show evidence of this cannibalism. With the scarce food supplies it may have been a question of hunger as well as being ceremonial. A spooky cave (right) at the southwest corner of the island, Ana Kai Tangata, is translated to "cave where men are eaten." Inside are pictographs painted in ochre and white of ghost like birds flying upwards. With no wood left to build boats, all the Rapa Nui people could do was look enviously at the birds that sail effortless through the sky. The Rapa Nui culture and community, which had developed over the past 300 years, collapsed. Their island was in shambles, and their villages and crops destroyed. There was no wood left on the island to build escape boats. The few survivors of the conflict, perhaps numbering as low as 750, began to pick up the pieces of their culture. One thing they left behind, however, were the moai....

HangPC2

kemungkinan sebagai benteng pertahanan atau senjata untuk menakutkan musuh berhampiran pulau lain ?

Originally posted by HangPC2 at 26-6-2007 02:58 PM
kemungkinan sebagai benteng pertahanan atau senjata untuk menakutkan musuh berhampiran pulau lain ?

mungkin jugak tp bnyk hasil kajian cakap lebih kepada pemujaan

sayangidaku

emm...teringat iklan bateri energizer or duracell kot? yg letak bateri kat 1 of patung pulau easter tu...n then patung tu terbang balik planet asal...
mmg ramai anggap patung2 tu ada kaitan dgn alien.

apa pendapat ko plak.any info ko nk share?

apa pendapat ko plak.any info ko nk share?

sephia_liza

may be...tujuan diaorg bina patung tu....utk m'yambut kedatangan raja-raja dr negara lain ke....or .....utk m'yambut kedatangan makhluk dr planet lain....ntah le itu p'dpt sy jek....kalu salah...i'm very...very...sorry ok...