Easter Island Moai Statues: WHAT is Carved on the BACK? | Ancient Architects 

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Is it just me, or does anyone else notice the similarity of the bird engravings with those on pillar 43 - the Vulture stone - at Gobekli Tepe? Not suggesting any link, just remarkable nonetheless.

I think you would find the history of Hawaii very interesting as well. A lot of the pre-missionary history is not commonly known. For instance there was once a step pyramid near the Kapoho area of the Big Island of Hawaii. Some of the stones from it were used in the construction of Iolani Palace in Honolulu. Today the site just looks like a typical cinder cone. Hawaii has an incredibly diverse and compelling history.

Its surprising how few people can see that the design on the back of the Moai represents Easter Island itself. In this context look at the circle on the loin cloth and match it to the crater. Then matches the eyes of the two birds to the larger volcanoes on the other end of the island ie.. Terevaka and Puakatite. Then the egg becomes the volcano named Rano. The island is representative of the back of a giant. What is interesting is the significance of the smaller volcano Rano and the birth place of all Moai on the island. In essence the design is an ancestral creation story.

The Moai statue at the British Museum looked so lonely without his friends 🗿 I feel like he should be returned to where he belongs. Of course it was amazing to see it and to be able to look at the intricate details 🙂 Thank you for this amazing video Matt!

hey matthew, is it just me or does the mirrored design on the back of the british moai resemble huge similarties to that at göbekli tepe and on early egyptian slate palettes? c'mon, peoples, I can't be the only one thinking that.

I have never heard anybody mention the backs of the statues. Nice work!

So... Atlantis confirmed?

You should give the RU-vid channel Atlantis Confirmed the credit they deserve for putting this all together some months ago don't you think?

Atlantis Confirmed went in depth about this months ago

Has anyone else noticed how similar the bird creatures with the ball look like the ones carved at Gobekli Tepe??

Moa were nine species of now-extinct flightless birds endemic to New Zealand

Has anyone noticed the sililarity to the Gobeckli Tepi carvings? Fingoers on the stomach and stylized animals especially.

The symbols on the backs of the statues look so similar to the carvings at Gobeckli Tepe, Turkey, a 12,000 year old settlement that has changed scientists' views of the human race. There is also a statue discovered there that has similar characteristics. Wow!

Another fascinating video. I read about Thor Heyerdahl's expedition to the island years ago, and what he learned about the culture. I have a question, though. Easter Is. is sometimes referred to as the furthest point of the Polynesian expansions. They were into tattooing and scarification. I wonder if anyone has looked at the designs on the Moai and compared them to the designs used by various polynesian groups. If they are identical, it MIGHT suggest answers to questions about their origins. Thanks for another interesting video, Matt. Keep up the good work.

The red stone on top is supposed to be red hair worn in a top knot by important individuals. Makes one wonder how they lifted it up there?

Unique art, birds stylized by pascuans, just Rapanui! I've been a fan since reading Aku Aku, which is always ... Thanks greetings 💗🗿

Egg Hunt ritual on Easter Island? I'm flabbergasted.

Thank you! This is fascinating! The bird carvings with the egg remind me of the carvings on the pillars at Gobekli Tepe. It appears to be done in the same style.

The earliest ones are made of the heavier basalt and carved on the backs. Hmmmm.......

Fascinating to hear about the vulvas on the back, especially with them being older than the bird warrior cult covering them. It made me looking up female ones. To my astonishment there was one with breasts and it clearly is much degraded by age. However even more so about the name. The dramatically flattened bodies of Rapa Nui female figures (moai papa) contrast with their fully modeled heads. The word papa in the Rapa Nui language literally denotes a flat horizontal surface of volcanic rock, but it may also indirectly refer to Papa, the female personification of the earth in many Polynesian cultures. Although indisputably female, moai papa also display masculine features, including goatee beards and, typically, bald heads.

The relief carving reminds me of the "T" column carvings at Gobekli Tepe 🤔

It's quite interesting the the imagery used on the art of Easter Island is almost identical to the imagery found at Gobekli Tepe. Is this simply coincidence, or an indication of a deeper meaning we have yet to understand???

It is funny, in any other documentaries about these idols, none of the authors described the back of these statues (it tells a lot, generational memory for example!), but only front of them and direction they are looking at. It brings me to one thing: they want to push his/her own very narrow theory of the easter civilization. Excellent job, thank you. The birds look like Göbekli Tepe temple birds, btw. Ancients were perfect seamen, I would guess, descendants of Atlantis people.

The Birdman on the Left Shoulder blade has 6 toes, the Carvings are Raised, similar to carvings at Gobekli tepe.

Makemake is pronounced mah-kay-mah-kay "NOT" make make. It is also a Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper belt named after said creation deity of the Rapa Nui people.

Regarding the last question posed in the video, it should be noted that no other external people could bring the cult of Bird Man to an island in the Pacific Ocean so remote and distant from other civilizations. The analogies of the Rapa Nui cult with beliefs in hybrid, bird-shaped deities (such as Horus in Egypt or the shamans of Palenque), belonging to distant and already extinct civilizations, are only casual and extrinsic. Therefore the origin of the bird-man cult must necessarily be indigenous. Each new religion develops in History parallel to the rise to political power of a new social class. It's a typical process of human civilizations.

It's an ancient message that reads: "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty..."

If only western religion had not broken down every other older beliefs, we would know a lot more of our ancient civilisations.....

They are the ancestors of the Maori I believe. The back carvings prove it. Images like these can be found in caves on the island of Te Ika a Maui. Maui, Moai, Maori are distinctively similar. The wrap is a piopio flax garment. The statues were made in wooden molds. Idk for sure.

Fascinating history, Rapa Nui isolation but so aligned to other ancient mythology so far apart...!

The birds remind me of those at Göbekli Tepe.

I recommend everyone that’s interested in our ancient past to watch Brien Forester on yt. He’s an expert on these topics, lives in south america and does thorough research into this.

It's interesting that the Hoa Hakananai'a moai at the British Museum has so much erosion, given that there are many much older examples of basalt statues and blocks from India, Egypt, and Central/South America that are far, far less eroded.

Matt I do think you owe Steve from atlantis confirmed a shout out!

Very similar to the piller at Göbeklitepe with the bird holding a Round object....that was my first thought. Great video

The bird image reminds me of pillar 43 at göbekli tepe

A reed basket on the head sounds alot like whats on top of the moai.

Most enjoyable, as are all your content is. Having lived in Egypt for over 10 years I have seen the king Tut's wonderful things many times. But I have never seen or read comments on the reverse of the death mask. It is as beautiful as the front. Is it worth a look at from your point of view. Love your content. Many thanks. I watch most videos on a tv as eyes are not so good, so do not comment to many times.

I see the Goose, the vulture and the beaver tail all around the central point. Cygnus at the top Scorpius below the horizon line. It is what is in the sky...and arrangement. This is what is in the sky when the earth unfolds truths. The same carvings are at Gobekli Tepe...the essence of man...his process of origin, pillar 43 (I Think). I think, therefore, I am.

There are also carving of some extinct bird that had arm like wings in India. The were very colorful.

I thank you for explaining the scientific investigation and evidence revealing that these carvings were later additions. That would not have been my guess and belief. We must show more respect and give credit to professional archeologists and historians. They do their best to find the truth. This is not just important to understanding the Moai Statues but also to understanding scientific research into the history and the truth of the past. We all owe Ancient Architects a debt of gratitude. Thank You.

I literally saw this same graphic a few a hours ago and then this video uploads 😀

Shades of Gobekli Tepe and Catal Huyuk.

Maoi statutes are actually chess pieces for giants

Where ever christianity went they destroyed.

The carvings on the Gateway of the sun, depict birdmen around a central deity.

if you ask old wise peoples from easter island how the moai got to their places their answer will be: "they just went their and sat down".^^

Oh damm hell!!! Now I find out these statues have stuff on their backs??!!!! Why, why hasn’t this been talked about before??? I mean, intensely? Thanks for this great upload!😉👌😻😻😻😻

Those vulvas look a lot like cowrie shells. Very common ceremonial pieces.

What an odd coincidence that Easter Island used to hold the most hardcore egg hunts in history.

Maybe the statues are winners that made it to the island during the ceremony

Yes, yes, all the giant basalt Moais statues and all the huge and heavy Megalithic stones of basalt were carved out with chisels and sledgehammers both tools made of pure *wood.*

The stone Age Polynesians couldn't carve the much older badalt moai which have arms, hands , beards and carving highly similar to the gobekli tepe monoliths... and Rongu Rongu script is almost identical to the Indus valley script...

Interesting, most birdman carvings often look more like Tucans than Kiwi's like this one does. The baby one kind of like a seagull/duck. Funny how many people don't know the history of Easter Island, specifically the fact there where native white there as well. Then again many don't know that Australian Aboriginals visted the Amazon before the Spanish & breed into some tribes, reason I point it out is the cloud people of puru probably went there.... Like how South America is the home of sweet potato & we have that here in NZ - Waka blond who has Persian DNA & the native Maori who have Indian (India) DNA. A lot more sea travel happened in this part of the world than credit is given. (1421 the yea rchina discovered the world - look at the ships lost in the Tsunami years & then look at Stewart Island Tsunami years - a lot of Dots connect).

Imagine if the church hadn’t tried so hard to drum up new business. We would know so much more about the art, beliefs and way of life, of our ancestors.

A G-String Loin Clothe for grown men? Now i know they weren't as "advanced" as the archaeologists tend to suggest.

I Actually Don't Eva Rember Them Having Red Helmets Or Carvings on The Backs !?!?!!And I've Studied Them Since The 80s,The Definately Did ,Not Have Carvings On Their Backs,They Would Have Mentioned it!?!?

Absolute chads! 😄

1:21 Those shadows.... I know this is just based on one single platform of these statues, but that row of shadows looks like the shadows are making a wave. Maybe I am just seeing things, but I believe that in the time of Atlantis the Earth was a single landmass and it fractured from building up internal pressure until the crust could not withstand the pressure, and water flooded the globe as the ocean floor was being formed. This functionally was like radioactive decay of a particle and so we observe drastic amounts of decay as if large periods of time passed, but this was the global flood spoken of by many cultures. And then waters receded and left people where they found themselves. Some utterly disconnected from the world out in the middle of uncrossable oceans. And that this process *specifically* occurred in a manner where there was a first "pulse" of energy released, and then a phase of lower energy release, followed by a second pulse until the Earth as a whole rapidly transitioned from a first equilibrium to a new equilibrium, due to sufficient activation energy present. Enter me seeing this picture of the shadows of the Moai. The shadow of the Moai looks almost as if they follow the waves of the pulses of energy. A first spike, even with one of those red head coverings as if tied to fire or large quantities of energy released, and then it retreats before a second large spike followed by a literal Earth shattering event's equivalent "aftershocks." Maybe people who remembered the time before the flood wanted to capture the details in a way they felt would last. And they also carved the circle (Earth? Even the way it appears oddly like a shell suggestive it is referring to the true Earth's structure which is hollow) with three waves occurring, almost as if being produced by an approaching cosmic source of these waves that itself meets a resistance from the planet and is caused to seemingly separate into waves traveling outward perpendicular from the angle inward. Then the carvings after seem almost like the work of later generations as they, who did not live through it, lost awareness of certain subtleties but wanted to make sure to capture some more information before it, too, was lost, and so they did the best they could. But at that point it maybe even like the work of a "child." In terms of, people at the time of the Flood were highly conscious to the actual fundamental nature of reality. Their understanding and perception of reality was *solidly developed.* But, they lost appreciation to the things that created that situation and fell. And so, we had to relearn again.

Not all Moai face inland there is a group that face out to sea.

Those are probably geaneology. Maybe when things got bad from sickness, and, slavery (Blackbirders). Disease. I'm part Samoan. I have an understanding of how they could've been so afraid of their families dying off. To the point where they'd do the unthinkable carve on their ancestors Moai. To say we were here. My Grandparents were born in the 1920's after the Spanish Flu. They had 12 living out of 15 children. I asked why? They told me Spanish Flu wiped out 1/4 of the neighboring island of Upolu. All from one ship the SS Talune from New Zealand. They heard the stories of whole bloodlines being wiped out. The Moai made of Basalt Rock was probably made during a time or peace/prosperity (because otherwise they wouldn't have had that extra time to carve a harder stone than the softer lava rock.

Birdman culture?! Proof that Rick & Morty traveled back in time to universe C-137... 🤪 That said, great video. Always love watching your channel.

The black and white creator "gods" have often been depicted by white doves and black ravens across many cultures. You can find access to our histories in the akashic records.

Excellent presentation. The carvings on the back seem to resemble some of the works at Gobekli Tepe.

Looks like the same bird from Gobekli Tepe 16,000 year old buried monolith site. Also statues here and there both places have fingers Goin around the front belly.

AA followers who are interested. There is an idea, a suspicion, that the carvings on Rapa Nui match the carvings in Gobekli Tepe pillar 43 I'm not sure, I doubt, i don't know enough about symbology (yet)

So archeologists can admit these statues were carved after their creation by later generations. Maybe we can get those archeologists to take a look at Egypt next...

Yup, they could sail to Easter island, but couldn't possibly have sailed to Peru.. {rolls eyes}

What if the victor was eaten by sharks on the swim back? That would suck.

I was supposed to go to Easter Island a few years ago. Took me a year to put the trip together; I'd paid non-refundable deposits, and was all set to go...until three days before I got on the plane to Chile, when I burned the shit out of my arm with hot oil. I went to the burn clinic at the local university hospital--arguably the best burn clinic in the US--and asked them if I was safe to go. The doctor said, "well...you've got second and third degree burns all up your arm, and while right now I don't think we'll need to do skin grafts, I can't say for certain for a couple days. So yeah, if you can handle the pain, you're probably safe to go. I'd say I'm 80% sure you'll be fine. The problem is, if I'm wrong and that burn gets infected you'll need to get to a competent, modern hospital within about 48 or 72 hours from when the infection sets in. If you don't, then there's a good chance amputation will be only safe treatment. Is there a competent, modern hospital on Easter Island?" Although I had the odds in my favor, even with good odds, I didn't much care to gamble my left arm just for a tourist trip. So instead of Easter Island, I got to visit the burn clinic every other day for a month so they could shave off the burned, dead skin with a Bic razor.

The two birds on the bottom are a mirrored image of the map of Australia . If you view the Nazca line monkey you will also notice he's holding Australia in his arms .

I think the back of the statues look like pillar 43

I doubt the so-called birdman cult in anyway superseded ancestor worship.The Polynesian religious-cultural paradigm is heavily atavistic. The birdman cult would be a later expression of ancestral reverence. But this doesn't entail it was connected to animism or any form of animal worship. Also, the red hats are probably not hats but would represent joints connecting the moai to the ancestral sky. They descend from the sky father, and were probably viewed from below as up holding the firmament. The are painted red because that colour neutralises taboo/tapu.

Why do the carvings on the back of the Moai statues remind me of the Göbekli Tepe style carvings?

Goddess Culture ... when we did it right on this Planet. Sadly the boys bullied their way to destructive cults...which became the death cult we are dealing with today...still.....sigh... one day.... we'll return to a time of reverence for Planet and it's Women

So did I understand this right? Some poor lower class sod gets selected by a higher class guy to swim to mata nui,perhaps drowning or being eaten by a shark. The poor guy, then finds an egg, climbs to the top of a mountain with it and shouts to his “benefactor” “ shave your head, I’ve got your egg”. Then the poor guy takes his egg down the mountain, puts it in a basket on his head and swims back, hopefully not drowning or being eaten by a shark. Hopefully the poor guy doesn’t have to climb the 1000 ft cliff to give the egg to the higher class guy. Then….the higher class guy, who has done nothing but watch and shave his head (and pick his athlete wisely), gets painted white, gets a parade and doesn’t have to do anything for a year. So what does the guy who actually took all the risk get? Not beheaded for refusing to do it? That sounds like a really lousy class system to me!

Easter Egg Hunt?! Interesting how many of these pre-Christian contact rituals (pagan) have been included in modern Christianity.

I've been to Rapa Nui and this what I beIieve. The Statues are facing inIand to scare and prevent Iand tribes to come to the shore and take fishes from the Sea. They had ruIes about who couId go fishing and onIy The "Sea tribes" (nobiIity), Iiving near by the sea, had the right to fish in their own Iocation. Everything thing was fine untiI the IittIe Ice age kicked in. The inIand tribes couIdn't grow enough food to trade against fish because of the Iower Sun intensity and poor agricuIturaI yieIds. The inIand tribes were starving and had to go fishing against the "ruIes"... The "Sea tribes" buiIt these statues to scare the inIand tribes away.... Just to remind them that they had to respect the ancestors and the tradition... That is why these statues have been thrown down face first to the ground for over 200 years. The Sun was weakening and the People were starving!

Instead of categorically stating the dates which you declare to be factual and without question, you should really say that it’s only your opinion and thats really all it is. Needless to say you are WRONG! The method by which the caves were made and polished has not existed for thousands of years, it is the same method which is absolutely unique and will never be replicated unless there is a reverse cataclysm strong enough to realign the earths axis point by 23.5°……. The evidence for the real information is within the mathematics of each extremely ancient structure.

they look very similar to gobekli tepi birds and carvings. Even though far away the information seemingly is replicated...

Was Easter Island a remaining link to Mu? Did that civilization travel the world spreading advanced tech to the pre-Dynastic? If not them, then who?

I have a feeling that there was a bird 🦅 people and snake 🐍 people, etc … carvings and history/myth suggest that. Could the loincloth thingie be an ankh?

Easter Island Moai Statues. Why has the beard been removed from your drawing and why are you calling their chins 'elongated?' If you look close there are striation indicating this is not an elongated chin...it is a beard.

Those bird carvings are very close to the ones at Gobekli Tepe!

Lol.. I know it would seem a bit juvenile for me to point this out but I couldn't help but laugh at the way he said (in such a deep and manly tone) "the female vulva" ! 😆 It just had me in stitches for some reason.

Maybe I’m just the idiot in the room, I’m ok w/ that, but, these carvings of these birds on the backside of the Moai, I gotta tell ya, they sure do look a lot like the birds that are carved on the tall T shaped pillars @ Gobekli Tepe?

Hi there it's pronounced maaki maaki not Makenzie sorry but that is what phonics does to languages that arnt American.(nothing against Americans just your Jesuit universities designing a way to make other cultures change they're language so they can understand it,Marxism at its best) . Down under there is a dark part of the Milky way that is known as the kiwi can't remember what it's known as in Australia. The row of nine were facing due east, the bottom circle could represent the sun and the onebetween the birds was possibly the moon or a bright star. Every time I come across these types of affidavits ,I see if there is a relation to starcharts,if that fails look at the early explorers and the masonic stories of their time. Take care out there

2 factions fighting for control over the earth and its peoples the snake cult and the bird cult

Why does this remind me of the carvings on Göbekli Tepe. Are they linked in any way, are the people who created these Moai the ancestors of the people who created Göbekli Tepe, and how can we find our? I need more info .look at the wrap around fingers too.

I've always wondered why it was called Easter Island. Somebody must have told the egg hunt story to Christians and now we have Easter egg hunts for the kids.

It’s a triangle or the trinity the mother,father and child at the top it’s the the twin spirals interaction with each other(parents)that create the child the soul exactly like the black hole in the middle of the galaxy. Nikola Tesla 369🔺.

5:10 they look to me like the human lungs (the male bird and the female bird), the heart (egg), the intellect: the newborn bird, even occupying precisely their anatomic correspondent locations on the statue

Seen many vids of the " heads", but zero of back carvings..thanks 😊😊😊

The arm carvings remind me of Gobekli Tepi. R

Bit rough for the poor old Hopu who had to risk their lives for the "contestants", and then the "winning contestant", who'd done absolutely nothing, got to sit around all year eating and presumably getting all the hot babes. What kind of game is that? What I'd like to know, if anyone can tell us, is did the Hopu who got the egg then have a path to become a high-status man on the island and a "contestant" in his own right?

I cannot thumb up todays video, because Turkey is not a name of a land, but a name of a political organization ruling the land called Asia Minor.

The Polynesians are considered by many to have been amongst the most accomplished and intrepid navigators of all time, this in light of the fact that they were technically a stone age people without any modern navigational technology. The Polynesians triangle was at one time a vast network of interconnected islands and communities. In short, the bird man cult could have been a local invention, introduced from other islands in the triangle or quiet possibly have been retrieved and introduced to Easter island via south or central america. The sweet potato is also from the americas and by the time Europeans started their voyages of "discovery" into the pacific ocean, the sweet potato had been introduced and spread throughout the entire triangle and beyond. Some may debate this, however it must be noted that the ameridians were not deep water navigators and one thing is for certain....sweet potatoes can't swim.

Recently found you content and I love the information. That being said, your delivery is extremely boring.

Hi ancient ancient architects. I think the bird carvings are more likely a kiwi bird or a dodo bird, rather than a frigate bird. . And not a male and female, but a adult bird feeding a fledgling bird. Thats what I see