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Heyerdahl and the professional archaeologists who travelled with him spent several months on Easter Island investigating several important archaeological sites. Highlights of the project include experiments in the carving, transport and erection of the notable moai , as well as excavations at such prominent sites as Orongo and Poike .
Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1957 book by Thor Heyerdahl [1] published in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish, and in French and English the following year. The book describes the 1955–1956 Norwegian Archaeological Expedition 's investigations of Polynesian history and culture at Easter Island , the Austral Islands of Rapa Iti ...
The Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island occurred in 1955, and was led by Thor Heyerdahl. [1] For the trip, he converted a 150-foot Greenland trawler into an expedition ship. [ 2 ] Heyerdahl did not fare well in the scholarly press after his return.
Thor Heyerdahl, the expedition leader, in 2000. Kon-Tiki had a six-man crew, five of whom were Norwegian; Bengt Danielsson was Swedish. [8] A seventh member of the team handled administration from land but did not travel on the raft. Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002) was the expedition leader. He was also the author of the book of the expedition and ...
In 1955-1956, Thor Heyerdahl led a Norwegian expedition to Easter Island with six archaeologists. The expedition aimed to investigate various monuments on the island, shedding light on its prehistoric past and cultural significance.
With Easter Island being 1,700 miles from the Gambier islands, they would have been nearing or exceeding the limits of their return-permitting range. Indeed some long-range Polynesian explorer ...
A promising anti-aging compound found around the statues of Easter Island continues to impress scientists, notes Metro. Called rapamycin, it is a naturally occurring by-product of bacteria from ...
Despite the early end to the experiment, Thor Heyerdahl estimated that this method for a 20-tonne statue over Easter Island terrain would allow 320 feet (100 m) per day. Other scholars concluded that it was probably not the way the moai were moved due to the reported damage to the base caused by the "shuffling" motion.