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Prof Sam Illingworth
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🗿 The moai really walked
New evidence shows Easter Island’s giant statues were engineered to 'walk' upright using their curved bases & forward tilt. A 4.3-ton replica moved 100 m in 40 min with just 18 people, & no logs or sleds.
🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440325002328?via%3Dihub
#SciComm 🧪 #Archaeology
2025-10-10T11:37:44.983Z