Discovery Of Rare Easter Island Statue Emerges From Dried-Up Lake

Image Source: Instagram Discovery Of Rare Easter Island Statue Emerges From Dried-Up Lake

[{"selector":"#anim-3ffe7448-3c7a-4883-9ac2-647048492ff6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f8884d44-8a1b-4890-8fad-0e2212317a40","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-da146bcd-c586-4891-839c-ef03a4eff2e4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram A moai statue was found in a dried-out lake bed around the Rano Raraku volcano, where several statues were damaged by fire last year.

[{"selector":"#anim-44730d46-6dcd-4dac-a2b1-b6ea837c34c5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-39b39276-3076-40df-843f-ab788620978e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2b4a5730-747d-4ece-bcbe-53d5ffdc4d55","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 221.74939%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram Scientists believe that there could be more buried moai statues nearby in the same area.

[{"selector":"#anim-28afc4b2-6cd5-4bf9-b7b8-a82e03edba63 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b65bcef0-1ac6-4ac8-b492-a553f3ce4ea6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d5fa620a-1f0a-45e1-b0e1-25b2a9599179","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The moai statues were created by the Rapa Nui people who were the island's ancestral inhabitants and came from Polynesia.

[{"selector":"#anim-2343a847-0362-44a8-82d1-8866e14ebfa5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-110808e1-07bd-4de2-99c5-0f4d4ade80df","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4f73df13-098b-4c38-88d7-0d4c99d060dc","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The monolithic stone figures are normally made of volcanic ash and have elongated faces, thought to have been built over 500 years ago.

[{"selector":"#anim-845f0a31-e7ac-4f53-93d7-2091b4db5c23 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-35bd2de4-de9b-4c96-b0bf-8a3bb6b99cf3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7e177a78-b4d2-4f06-9b0d-0afa584d0a5e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The discovery of the moai in the basin is the first of its kind, according to archaeologist José Miguel Ramírez.

[{"selector":"#anim-b19c8e4c-72c9-4818-b6d2-abefa8700a06 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-36ea89bd-9a76-4914-a477-f56d8e35e95e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-755bf8c7-df58-4890-b710-dc925cfc5012","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 221.74939%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The lake bed has only become accessible recently after it began drying up in 2018.

[{"selector":"#anim-9d573938-f2c2-4006-bee8-cd3d6b3cad29 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a59aad9d-df45-4ad6-8bbd-554b6b6b0b11","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-054579c5-1bf2-48d0-b158-49c3a37c6560","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram It is possible that the Rapa Nui people tried to move the statue during a previous time when the lake was dry, says Mr Ramírez.

[{"selector":"#anim-0d31ef22-e6a4-432b-a9c3-eb4e7dfe8400 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b953a2bf-8a8b-4a11-90e1-7b5a3f56a612","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4d242bda-b710-46e2-a400-1aa84e38c3b8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 154.49736%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The lake had been three meters (9.8ft) deep for the past 200 to 300 years, according to Ninoska Avareipua Huki Cuadros, the director of the Ma'u Henua indigenous community that looks after the site.

[{"selector":"#anim-7f68cf17-605c-4cc7-9be7-6005a6a40f14 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5d0489ef-dece-4494-830b-cfce3ce732ab","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ba8ad7a5-cd80-418e-bab2-c23f426d35c9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 166.53746%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram A team of volunteers from three Chilean universities found the moai statue while working on a project to restore the marshland in the volcano's crater.

[{"selector":"#anim-5e35dcbc-e9bc-48b1-b0e6-ddb2f17d345c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-efa1aebd-7470-40a1-8f0b-204b6eb56816","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-52a889ed-e1d3-4c8b-96a3-dd6417eee425","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The area had been affected by a forest fire that broke out in October, charring some of the statues.

[{"selector":"#anim-b5637afc-24c2-44f9-8def-044c66a3c4cb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7878df58-bb2f-4a10-afdf-e947811a0f14","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-db3d2b3f-0650-45d3-969f-0188b8422b6c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 185.40634%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The uncovered moai statue is smaller than the hundreds of similar statues on the island, measuring 1.6m (5.2ft) tall.

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[{"selector":"#anim-034e935d-d076-4da8-85df-6ced7b483f98 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-529cc5ab-44b8-40a6-9943-33cc5adf59d6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-afbd6a67-6b04-4aea-9cf6-3da0e944c8a1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 166.53746%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram The moai statues are figures of spiritual devotion for the Rapa Nui, embodying the spirit of a prominent ancestor and each one considered to be the person's living incarnation.

[{"selector":"#anim-55ffc994-f73a-43af-bb7a-7f750ee49ccd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-96cd8dc2-2cfe-4e0f-9975-8d1941173e36","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4d200afa-24be-430a-966f-c4500b770592","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 154.49736%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Image Source: Instagram Mahani Teave, a Rapa Nui pianist, has opened a sustainable music school called Earthship on the island, which has over 100 people learning about both global and traditional Rapa Nui music to connect more deeply with their heritage.