Monday, July 4, 2011

The Statues That Walked : Unraveling The Mystery Of Easter Island
by Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo

The only people who gave this book great reviews are, in some way, involved in Archaeology, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Conservation. It would make sense for them to read it but not for the rest of us.
Easter Island has these statues that have been there for hundreds of years. How did they get there in the first place (950 of them)? They're quite massive and they don't exist anywhere else in the Pacific. How were they moved to the coastline with their backs facing the ocean? In order to make the statues, the island was destroyed.
Authors Hunt and Lipo carried out archaeological studies in 2001 on the island and supposedly solved the mystery of what really happened. Since I didn't finish the book (only lasted thirty pages), I don't know for sure. I do know that it's unreadable unless you're a scholar of the above subjects. Academics would be interested but not the general public.
Not recommended.

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