Easter Island is in the South
Pacific, 3,700 kilometres from the coast of Chile. On the island, there are 600
large statues. We don't know who built them but they were probably constructed
between 1150 and 1500. We don't really know why they are there. The Norwegian
explorer, Thor Heyerdahl, believed that they were built by people from South
America. To prove this, he made a simple raft and sailed there, all the way
from Peru.
Archaeologists think that the
statues represent dead tribal leaders. We don't know why the statues left alone
on the island. Perhaps they were killed by disease or war. Perhaps the builders
used all the natural resources on the island. There are many unanswered
questions about Easter Island.
Taken from Cambridge English for Schools, 2000
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