Patrons of Easter Island with legs

And after 12 years of excavation, scientists discovered the body of stone idols.
The research team led by Anne Van Tilburg, the leader of the "Project sculpture of Easter Island", found that the statues of Easter Island are not only the head, but the body. Body size idols sizes correlate with the head - body length reaches 7 meters.

The researcher notes that the idea that the idols of Easter Island heads have only due to the fact that the photographs often imprint only 150 sculptures, dug into the ground on the shoulders. Meanwhile, the island of about 800 pieces. According to archaeologists, the statues were not originally buried. They plunged into the ground under the influence of climate change.
During excavations, archaeologists have found that the statues were painted red pigment, the newspaper Mirror. Moreover, near the statues were found human burials.

It is noted that during the excavations were found and mechanisms are set colossi. Scientists have found that idols drags to the installation in the horizontal position and then mounted in the excavated pit. As a guide to use a rope and tree trunks.
Spins stone idols covered with inscriptions, archaeologists say. Anne Van Tilburg suggests that the petroglyphs covering the torso "Entourage" may be the signature of the sculptor of the statue or group of owners.

887 stone giants of Easter Island are the patrons of the island. Statues of Easter Island, also known as Moai. Contrary to popular belief, they do not look toward the ocean and inland. Some moai have caps of red stone. Moai were made in the quarries in the center of the island. And at times their height reaches 20 meters.