The Mystery of Easter Island

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The Mystery of Easter Island
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Created by

• Ewas
• Alyssa
• Rebecca
• Arman

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The Mystery of Easter Island

• Easter Island is located 2,300 miles west of
  Chile.
• Scientists believe it was settled on at about 400
  A.D
• The mystery of Easter Island is there are
  sculptures called moais. Nobody knows how they
  got moved to different spots because no one
  person can move them. They look like peoples
  heads and are very detailed. The moais are huge
  and weigh up to 90 tons. They are about 40 feet
  tall.

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Easter Island

• About 2000 people live on Easter Island
• Easter island ha 3 extinct volcanoes
• The statues are called Moai
• Possibly to honor 600 ancestors or more
• The statues weighed about 90 tons
• The island is small and relatively unknown
• Easter Island was discovered on Easter day
• Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to see
  the island

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Our Beliefs on Easter Island

• Ewas believes 180 islanders pulled the statues
  with ropes.
• Rebecca and Alyssa believe intelligent people
  used modern tools.
• Arman believes that something else had happened.

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Beliefs of Moai Creations on Easter Island
Belief 1 180 islanders pushed/ pulled the
statues with two ropes. Belief 2 A wooden shear
was used and pulled by 90 people. Belief 3
Intelligent people used modern tools. Belief 4
Other things happened.
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Bibliography

• http//www.google.com
• http//sids.com/mysteries/EasterIsland
• http//mysteriousplaces.com/EasterIsland/html/tour
  /.html
• http//www.worldbookonline.com/wbol/EasterIsland
• http//www.Islandheritage.org/mysteries.html
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/more/past.html
  
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/f
  irst.html
• We would like to thank these internet sites for
  helping us on our
• research about Easter Island. Thank you very much.