I agree. This was a really long way of saying “we don’t know”
@Slash6873 жыл бұрын
Listen to lost sivila
@map15373 жыл бұрын
He said it 20 seconds into the vdeo
@Zach-h2l3 жыл бұрын
lol if we only talked about history if we knew 100% exactly what happened, we'd barely ever talk about anything
@bradroblling12233 жыл бұрын
We will never know anything about history. I wish I was a scientist, & get paid for a guess at what really happened. Must be nice
@phife18783 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the spoiler!!
@AverytheCubanAmerican3 жыл бұрын
The civilization simply sacrificed itself so Squidward could have a home
@shagykhan3 жыл бұрын
LOL Lol 😂
@user-rx1yk8vy8y3 жыл бұрын
LMAOOOOOO
@TechMan19003 жыл бұрын
I never realized squidward’s house was an Easter island head 🤦
@Projectwolfie213 жыл бұрын
Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams.
@meep99633 жыл бұрын
Balanced as everything should be
@fordunderwood44933 жыл бұрын
*At a Rapa Nui meeting* Citizens: We need to focus on making more canoes and harvesting food! The government: ok, but 🗿
@taylorgordon26963 жыл бұрын
Lmao yes
@angelo60673 жыл бұрын
Yo!
@seankeikbusch94043 жыл бұрын
At the time it was purported to be decimated with no good soils left for agriculture there were gardens all over the island. They had enough of a food surplus to resupply the European ships that landed. As for the deforestation, that was caused by the rats that came with the first islanders that arrived there. They had no natural predators and ate the seeds.Even with that the first Europeans report seeing groves of trees when they arrived, certainly enough to build canoes. The population collapse was driven by European diseases and slaving. The vid did mention that at least.
@totallyfrozen3 жыл бұрын
You just wanted an excuse to use that emoji.
@Xiborg1 Жыл бұрын
“But sir! Building more moai will cause the collapse of our civilization! “JUST DO IT!!” 🗿🗿🗿
@atreyu4ws3 жыл бұрын
"An infestation of rats" *Shows photos and videos of gerbils and mice*
@donaldpetersen23823 жыл бұрын
"this is Iran"
@WiSMs3 жыл бұрын
Forget it Jake, it's KZbintown
@Docmain33 жыл бұрын
We really don't need verification of what a rat looks like. A rat king perhaps lol
@thedeadhands61303 жыл бұрын
this is literally the greatest channel of all time
@DoktrDub3 жыл бұрын
@@Docmain3 oh those are strange
@donosborn95513 жыл бұрын
This was a really long way of saying “we don’t know” lol
@map15373 жыл бұрын
I mean its called a theory
@Zach-h2l3 жыл бұрын
i mean there's different degrees of not knowing. This was "here are some detailed, compelling theories with different degrees of evidence, but we don't know for sure which one" not "we have absolutely no damn clue." You make it seem like this video was a waste of time or sth
@donosborn95513 жыл бұрын
@@Zach-h2l I was just making a joke, I really enjoy their videos.
@joshjames15633 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the "heads-up."
@Inexplicably-Sane3 жыл бұрын
Spoilers dude! Lmao xD
@binchickendreaming3 жыл бұрын
The Rapa Nui still exist today, you know. The culture isn't dead.
@winnifredforbes87123 жыл бұрын
Yes. I saw a documentary on them several years ago.
@OutlanderFrog283 жыл бұрын
I'm chilean and I can confirm the culture and people there prevail to this day haha. But this was interesting nevertheless
@binchickendreaming3 жыл бұрын
@Ricardo VS The people and culture still exist, they just don't carve moai anymore.
@PaulinaGnecco3 жыл бұрын
They actually despise us, chileans lmao, can totally relate since our politicians basically stole Rapa Nui
@OutlanderFrog283 жыл бұрын
@@PaulinaGnecco muy cierto jsjs
@pedrito62253 жыл бұрын
Rapa Nui is a culture that is still alive to this day. I have visited the Island, and the natives there pay so much attention to their culture, their sacred beliefs, their ancestors. Every Chilean knows about rapa nui and their culture
@Jarack1233 жыл бұрын
But why did they build their statues
@totallyfrozen3 жыл бұрын
@@Jarack123 Why does any culture build idols?
@sillau93 жыл бұрын
Rapa Nui are still Polynesians
@atackplus-rediconnt81892 жыл бұрын
@@Jarack123 why not? They're cool
@compatriot8522 жыл бұрын
They aren't. It's a reconstruction/neo version of what the people believe the rapa nui used to be. Most locals have a large portion of mainlander/European ancestry from colonization and speak Spanish as their native language. The original language, practices, etc have been lost mostly to time
@fosterfuchs3 жыл бұрын
My wife and I were on Easter Island at Christmas (2018). Now we need to go to Christmas Island at Easter.
@Manoatevarua3 жыл бұрын
Lmao to Kiribati then.
@JamaicanMeCrazy3 жыл бұрын
i approve of your sense of humor
@vor7jahren2513 жыл бұрын
So funny 😑
@_.Marz._2 жыл бұрын
😂😂 dryyyyyyy lol
@whalebrigade3 жыл бұрын
They didn’t roll the statues on logs they walked them. There have been reports that when explorers asked the natives how they moved the statues the natives would reply that the statues “walked”. You can look up an example of how they were thought to have done it on KZbin. They would essentially tie long ropes around the statues heads and have a team of people on either side teeter the statue left and right.
@AmazeAngeloGames2 жыл бұрын
True
@Daisy-ue9vk2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I saw the video of how they "walked"
@ammagnolia2 жыл бұрын
They held their hands and walked em
@unsubme21572 жыл бұрын
This is our best guess, it is not a fact
@AJ-zv9tn Жыл бұрын
Not native
@IRosamelia3 жыл бұрын
Hello Weid History, speak to us about Mansa Musa and the kingdom of Mali
@rebelfriend99493 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@atomic_wait3 жыл бұрын
Mansa 'Moneybags' Musa. Local economy on the route to Mecca: exists Musa's pocket change: I'm about to end this man's whole career
@hansolowe193 жыл бұрын
Good one! Also the Comanche, the empire of the summer moon.
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un3 жыл бұрын
Fact: I built all those Moai
@mycklaflonscamping13983 жыл бұрын
The Easter bunny did
@dawg2043 жыл бұрын
OMG I CANT BELIEVE KIM JONG-UN COMMENTED
@hellion1313 жыл бұрын
#Thank dear leader
@mrrandom12653 жыл бұрын
The Supreme Moai Leader
@NITE_SHIFTING3 жыл бұрын
License to IL.
@faded_ink35453 жыл бұрын
[Rapa Nui]: Chop down the trees! [Big Heads]: smh
@alfredthegreatkingofwessex68383 жыл бұрын
smbh*
@marknewton698410 ай бұрын
Happening today😂
@daveharrison843 жыл бұрын
Fall Of Civilizations Podcast did the best take on Easter Island. Their civilization didn't collapse until foreigners showed up and spread their diseases. The deforestation and rats were intentional by people who cleared land for farming and used rats as a food source. There's no archaeological evidence of starvation or war, which would be easy to find if they happened.
@LukeBunyip3 жыл бұрын
Yup. Original research vs rehashing. FoC is great.
@justanotheryoutubechannel3 жыл бұрын
I thought there was some evidence of famine in the local artwork, they produced emancipated figures at times of famine and fatter figures at times of plenty, and the latter are very rare.
@Thurston862 жыл бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to a new podcast! Sounds interesting.
@godfreyofbouillon9662 жыл бұрын
Oh yes that podcast is incredible, no sensationalism, all sources and at the same time awesome presentation. Quickly becoming my favourite popular history channel
@ammagnolia2 жыл бұрын
It was on its way. I mean at one point they turned into a bird cult and had people running of cliffs and swimming across shark waters to get an egg and become bird king ........hmmm
@JamaicanMeCrazy3 жыл бұрын
Actually Jacob probably killed them all inadvertently with his diseases he didn’t know he had
@t900badbot3 жыл бұрын
Of course.. The white man killed them.
@inakiluisamazarray73993 жыл бұрын
it was james cook
@justanotheryoutubechannel3 жыл бұрын
That didn’t help, but it was the Spanish that seriously introduced diseases, Spanish and Peruvian slaving raids captured most of the able bodied men including their final literate kings and nobles, and the people who were left caught diseases from the visitors which became epidemics.
@brandonandujar22892 жыл бұрын
@@t900badbot based
@DaGum...3 жыл бұрын
Rapa Nui : *Fighting and eating eachother Big Heads: 🗿
@shawncharles60773 жыл бұрын
Thank you Weird History. I was hoping y'all would cover this. Still patiently waiting on Timeline: The 90's.
@TheFeltmeister3 жыл бұрын
No
@Mikidy3033 жыл бұрын
and to think all this time I thought their civilization collapsed due a large chocolate egg-laying rabbit! Thanks for teaching me.
Seafood did start to run out, the local fish stocks near the shore were heavily overfished, and as the forests collapsed and were chopped down the locals could no longer make large ocean-going canoes that could go further out to sea to find new fish stocks. The Rapa Nui resorted to hunting birds more heavily, which lead to the extinction of the Easter island frigate bird, which was an important part of their culture and is even featured as a symbol in their ancient writing system. The make-make religion originally revolved around frigate birds, but after their extinction they focused on the sooty tern, another species of bird, and you can see this in the writing system, in the youngest text recovered the frigatebird symbol has a noticeably different beak but is otherwise the same, and the older symbol never appears anywhere on that text, showing how the frigatebird was simply replaced. If the Europeans and Peruvians hadn’t caused the population to fall due to slavery and disease, they probably would’ve suffered a severe famine that would’ve reduced it that way. There’s already evidence of long famine periods in the artwork produced by the Rapa Nui so it’s clear the ecosystem was struggling to support their population when it reached its peak.
@LauraTeAhoWhite3 жыл бұрын
I'm of Maori/Samoan decent. In many Polynesian cultures, statues were often carved in remembrance of chieftains or other important people. When the statues face inwards it meant times of peace, when the statues face outwards it meant times of war as the spirits of the chieftains were watching the horizon for trouble. Environmental and resource pressures lead to deforestation of Rapanui, larger trees often protect young saplings from harsh weather and pests. Because the larger trees were harvested it probably left the young saplings venerable leading to a knock-on-effect. The vandalism of the Moai might of had something to do with the idea that destroying an ancestor could destroy any claims held by their descendants, such as land rights and political status.
@phaedrapage4217 Жыл бұрын
That sounds like it would be comforting, especially when the representations of the ancestors are so visible.
@forgivenchildofGod3 жыл бұрын
Could you make a video on Native Americans and the sides of their culture the text books never taught?
@bonniebrindle83353 жыл бұрын
How is he suppose to find out any information if it’s not in text books?
@forgivenchildofGod3 жыл бұрын
@@bonniebrindle8335 the text books we learned from in school always used filtered information. Leaving large portions out sense the winners are the ones who wrote them
@tachiinii55453 жыл бұрын
@@bonniebrindle8335 duh by asking Native Americans
@jas37133 жыл бұрын
@@bonniebrindle8335 if you enjoy reading, you should check out James Loewen’s book Lies My Teacher Told Me. He has a lot of left out information there.
@Silentmissile3 жыл бұрын
@@jas3713 what tribes does it talk about?
@rubinrendoniii72573 жыл бұрын
Can you do one on the history of Pacific Islanders, such as the history of Hawaii and Guam for example?
@kimberheals3 жыл бұрын
Other than "How we Ruined Hawaii" which they've done 😣
@Manoatevarua3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but be careful with the term Pacific Islanders cuz there’s 3 different ethnic groups in the Pacific. Us Polynesians aren’t the only people in the Pacific. Just letting you know. Cuz you said Guam and Hawaii but the Hawaiian people are Polynesians meanwhile the Chamorro people (Native people of Guam) are Micronesians.
@sacred-chan1573 жыл бұрын
Person 1: we are starving and there is not much trees around us. Person 2: then let's plant some tree- Person 3: how about a new God? Person 1: great idea! Nature: **internal screaming**
@justanotheryoutubechannel3 жыл бұрын
They did try to plant new trees, but the rats would eat the seedlings, and the natural growth rate was too slow to support their population as it grew. By the 1760s, the island was devoid of all trees more than 3m tall, and 50 years later there were very few that even reached that height. Today it’s mostly just grassland.
@philliplamoureux94893 жыл бұрын
While debating the nuances it is still clear that the trees were gone, with a large negative impact that is reasonably connected to a decrease in carrying capacity of the environment.
@jpvlogs8146 Жыл бұрын
Europeans killed them for gold and resources
@ineffable_may3 жыл бұрын
‘Slash and burn’ Sounds like a rap duo
@adamsconnected56133 жыл бұрын
A wrestling team...
@WAVE00253 жыл бұрын
Uh yeah, slash and burn Ok, uhuh, alright Thats all I dont know how to rhyme anything Im sorry Breaking down yo?
@genericstaticshock7053 жыл бұрын
Slash and Burn is definitely metal
@SeekHistory3 жыл бұрын
It always astounds me how big those statues actually are
@alfredthegreatkingofwessex68383 жыл бұрын
Well, of course they failed you can’t run your business focusing only on Easter. You have the profit of other holidays too
@FindingOwen3 жыл бұрын
Tell that to those tax evaders (the Clause family)
@feleciaclemons50743 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@hannahstahl18573 жыл бұрын
Well... example is Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana
@SpaceLordLono3 жыл бұрын
Like a Halloween store in January?
@adamdavis53123 жыл бұрын
These dad jokes are soooo lame ..
@wonder-bred3 жыл бұрын
I have a pet catfish that lives in a head like that.
@wonder-bred3 жыл бұрын
@@josemozo9636 i'll let him know.
@CeliaDeVeaux3 жыл бұрын
@Mr Mojo Risin WHY DID THIS COMMENT MAKE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD
@bigceelos3 жыл бұрын
There's a cool documentary that shows how a small group of people can move the statues while upright in a walking motion using only rope
@fosterfuchs3 жыл бұрын
Briefly mentioned in the video with Hunt & Lipo's book "The Statues that Walked".
@gironovum12053 жыл бұрын
Talk about the Crocodiles that decimated the Japanese at the Battle of Ramree Island in World War 2!
@CambrieRae3 жыл бұрын
Whoa what?! I’ve never heard of this before! 😅
@bennpick88383 жыл бұрын
Is that the one where retreating Japanese troops were eaten by crocodiles after the aussies forced them back at Kokoda?
@Godzillafan19803 жыл бұрын
@@bennpick8838 it wasn't crocs it was Godzilla
@gironovum12053 жыл бұрын
@@bennpick8838 yup, lotta people died
@joedelatorre14853 жыл бұрын
Just watch simple history
@vonhumboldt19853 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy and proud this video is free of any conspiracy bs concerning aliens and whatnot. Cudos! Keep up the good work my friend!
@christianedwards90253 жыл бұрын
I'm not saying aliens but...aliens. lol
@MithrilMaia3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and sad, thanks for posting!
@Susanmugen3 жыл бұрын
"Some guess this, but there's no evidence for it, so someone else guesses something else."
@ctrlven3 жыл бұрын
Yagirl's finally earlyy ☘️☘️☘️ I love your content so much, keep up the good work!! ❣️❣️💫
@hippothehippo3 жыл бұрын
A video about the Proto-indoeuropeans would be pretty interesting
@GamingMuchTerry3 жыл бұрын
I've watched many documentaries about Easter Island. I've read the history and I've seen a Moai up-close at the British Museum, which also has the bird cult info on the back. In just under 11 minutes, you've wrapped up all the known evidence into a comprehensive and interesting little package. I'm impressed :)
@thruthewormhole Жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm impressed with how wrong it is.
@loumoon76603 жыл бұрын
The Mayan civilization was another that mysteriously disappeared. Especially because they had huge cities
@comradekenobi69083 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@chistinelane3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they were mysterious slaughtered by the Europeans
@comradekenobi69083 жыл бұрын
@@chistinelane so mysterious, wonder where they went
@djnoise53052 жыл бұрын
@@chistinelane the Mayan people still exist today, but I think what OP meant is when they where in their peak of civilization as a whole, they mysteriously abandoned their customs and culture, the Spanish/Europeans only met them when they were living as small tribes
@thruthewormhole Жыл бұрын
It's not mysterious at all. Subtle decreases in solar radiance and regional climate changes cause the agricultural output of the region to decline to the point where more complex, urban societies couldn't be sustained. But the Mayan people and culture didn't die out. In fact, they were some of the most ferocious group of people to resist Spanish rule and colonization.
@blairbug3 жыл бұрын
In my anthropology classes we learned that the collapse was due to the inhabitants eating the palm trees seeds or whatever they are called. I can’t remember exactly as this was in like 2013. But basically there was a part of the tree that in order to eat, they had to cut down the entire tree. So they overate their resources.
@TM686K3 жыл бұрын
Palm hearts. Unlike the sago palm which is full of starch and calories, the edible palm hearts of the Rapa Nui palm were mainly full of water and minimal calories leading to it's overconsumption.
@benchippy80393 жыл бұрын
I think there’s so much more to these ancient civilisations than we are told, I strongly believe they were far more advanced than we credit them
@meaux56053 жыл бұрын
They are just look at the incas building cities and empires in mountains and having mail carriers and a calendar and having knowledge of math, and the Myans building empires carved from stone and the Aztecas who built an empire on a lake. They all made things we use today and that was thousands of years ago. They made things work that some companies and businesses can barely do today
@fosterfuchs3 жыл бұрын
That's why using the word "advanced" is not a good choice. Anthropologists have started saying more "complex" societies. Advanced is too much of a value judgement.
@meaux56053 жыл бұрын
@@fosterfuchs but I would consider it advanced because they did these things with stones and wood and in much harder conditions than nowadays
@caitlynmarie26773 жыл бұрын
The content and length of these videos are a perfect combination to provide me with a decent distraction for awhile ..
@frankrep56313 жыл бұрын
@Weird History great video, maybe you can make a video about the golden age of the Netherlands. as a Dutchman myself I am always curious about the achievements of my country (and also her black pages) x)
@williamkeith89443 жыл бұрын
"Oh my kingdom, my kingdom! All for the want of rat terriers!" Culture collapse all for the want of man's best friend🐶
@chevychase31033 жыл бұрын
My kingdom for a rat terrier!
@robertschlesinger13423 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
@Tracy-xe9zu2 жыл бұрын
Fall of Civilizations did a deep dive on this, but basically the fall of Rapa Nui is believed to be attributed to disease brought by European explorers beginning with Rogeveen. It's also been proven that the did not use logs as rollers, and that the trees on the island were mainly cleared via slash and burn agriculture; even once the trees were gone they were very successful using a technique called rock mulching to grow crops and keep the soil in good condition.
@randymanmaximus84193 жыл бұрын
These heads, Stonehege, pyramids always fascinate me.
@bensassy81372 жыл бұрын
I’m Pacific Islander and I’ve always wondered why they hardly have any vegetation, let alone tropical vegetation like other islands in the pacific
@mr.johnzussino62172 жыл бұрын
Great video - thanks.
@avaneyeet92043 жыл бұрын
Can u please make a video on manikarnika or the queen of jhansi pls pls pls and if anyone sees this pls like my comment cause i really want a video on her Edited:guys thank you for your likes i hope he would mke a vid on her...
@btetschner9 ай бұрын
The place is so full of mystery! Would be incredible to spend time on that island, especially during Easter!
@frame-perfectadskip91593 жыл бұрын
Ancient Aliens season 1- "How did they move those massive statues when their are no trees on the island?!"
@meaux56053 жыл бұрын
They cut the trees down to move them and used all of em so there's none left
@frame-perfectadskip91593 жыл бұрын
@@meaux5605 precisely
@mittinman3 жыл бұрын
During 2020 this channel has been the real MVP
@richardjohnson81973 жыл бұрын
As usual another well informed mini doc presented with a splash of humor. Great job!
@brianmay38523 жыл бұрын
Ah Yes, The Good Old Days
@NITE_SHIFTING3 жыл бұрын
Love this channel. Waiting with bated breath for the new decade installment: The 1990's.
@christophersmith84863 жыл бұрын
Yo weird history, amazing video as always.
@ihave3dogs23 жыл бұрын
A good way to start the morning. These videos teach me so much, and I look forward to them.
@Toad_Moto3 жыл бұрын
Wish you would have included the caves, birdman, and aliens.
@urrealdadlolololol42043 жыл бұрын
Post videos and do it yourself
@Toad_Moto3 жыл бұрын
@@urrealdadlolololol4204 because I make weird history videos? Mmmkay...
@urrealdadlolololol42043 жыл бұрын
@@Toad_Moto history is interesting. Go ahead and try il subscribe
@Toad_Moto3 жыл бұрын
@@urrealdadlolololol4204 funny you say that cause the next video I'm making is about trail history.
@urrealdadlolololol42043 жыл бұрын
@@Toad_Moto wellll i just subbed lol
@ezequielmora-mendez40083 жыл бұрын
I took an art history class on Oceania and my professor said that the moai were vandalized because they reminded tribes of the old traditions/god. And if I remember correctly I think the moai were used to bury their ancestors which would look over them and the way to “deactivate” them were by removing the eyes.
@ammagnolia2 жыл бұрын
They put in eyes to ACTIVATE them so that makes sense it would take it away. I heard tribes bickered and tossed them over and then retaliation caused more to fall Also as far as the fall goes, it got bad in the island. Bodies found and Compared showed that as resources dwindle, people got more violent, and during those times bodies found have more injuries to the face. More bodies found to have been killed vs died of natural causes
@Black-Sun_Kaiser3 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of this channel
@DarkLadyJade3 жыл бұрын
Bottom line, humans got to the island and ruined it.
@michaelmisanik97873 жыл бұрын
I won't mind seeing you guys make a video about Doggerland or the Minoan Civilization and how they disappeared
@carterround46003 жыл бұрын
I think it would be cool if you did a video that was just one weird fact about every president
@danemassie37503 жыл бұрын
Do Gobekli Tepe please! Fascinates me more than anything else
@cadillacdeville58283 жыл бұрын
Aww yes, another upload that brings me joy 😁😉
@mrrandom12653 жыл бұрын
I've watched a video about Easter Island a few days ago on Bright Side and now I'm addicted to it. Great to see that Weird History made a video about it too.
@natasham9243 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the Maori people of New Zealand?
@ThatRandomFastingGuy3 жыл бұрын
As a Maori, not too hype about this. 😂 He can't pronounce Japanese and our language, Te Reo Maori, has the same vowels and very similar consonants. So, yeah wouldn't be keen to hear my language butchered. 😂
@ThatRandomFastingGuy3 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty good one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKibYqellL2gjq8
@nataliecameron64533 жыл бұрын
Can you please do one on Indigenous Australians? Too many people don't know the true history...and believe the indigenous should just "get over it" because "it's in the past"
@jacobhiers68283 жыл бұрын
Love this channel! Only one dislike at 3.2k views, amazing 👏👌🙌
@AlexKS19923 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised that nobody hasn’t done a “hey dumb dumb you got gum gum”. I love that movie.
@dcatura110 ай бұрын
Night of the Museum, with Ben Stiller. Also, in the first 3 Night of the Museum films, Robin Williams played one of his last roles as President Teddy Roosevelt. Man, I miss Robin Williams… what a great actor and even better stand up comedian. So sad how he passed away.
@jamesmoss34243 жыл бұрын
The Easter island statue are a mystery. 😀👍🗿
@rjprivate3 жыл бұрын
Good video!
@Benkenobi81183 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear the 'reassessment' of the population of the society never really being that many people on Easter Island. At 7k people, that's 47 people per sq km. Doubtful they ever had 10k on the Island.
@btetschner Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a special about people attempting to "walk" the statues, and they were successful! It was fascinating to watch.
@jontafferofficial3 жыл бұрын
could you do a video on what it was like to be an emperor ? japan, china etc
@harrysweeten9417 Жыл бұрын
The demise of the people of Easter island is plain and simple, they didn't have the weird history Channel to learn from and thereby avoiding the mistakes of other civilizations. It's something to think about.
@jovanweismiller71143 жыл бұрын
Ironic, isn't it? Columbus's sailors brought syphilis back to Europe from the New World, and the Europeans then took it to an isolated island off South America and possibly decimated the Natives there.
@christianedwards90253 жыл бұрын
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@maniadhikary71702 жыл бұрын
Nice facts to hear from you
@ebogar423 жыл бұрын
They aren't just heads. They've dug around them and they have bodies.
@DevilFish693 жыл бұрын
One day they'll wake up and rise up to destroy humanity and only Thor will be able to save us. static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/6/61/Thor_Vol_1_318.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200619000348
@agataz.33083 жыл бұрын
Seriously, Weird History is my favourite channel
@rickkinki46243 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! I wonder what the Rapa Nui did with their dead. Are their graveyards, marked or unmarked, across the island?
@borisjohnsonslostcomb74572 жыл бұрын
Viking style maybe? Send em off into the sea on some raft type thing while on fire, I like to picture that
@gelenestrecker-sayer91172 жыл бұрын
that would make sense... I think there isn't much info on burials probably b/c the land was mostly volcanic and even tho the type of rock there is 'softer' you still can't really dig a hole to bury people. If there were 'cemeteries' they would have mentioned it and we would have so much more info to go off of I feel like.
@MovingUp7 Жыл бұрын
I bet given the limited space and difficulty and digging, they probably took them out on a canoe with something heavy tied to them to drop in the ocean.
@georgemasterson99622 жыл бұрын
6th grade class from LFDCS say that "The Easter Island incident was truly interesting. There are many theories on why the civilization collapsed, some being the scarcity of food or trees, and some being the infestation of hostile creatures and diseases."
@nedludd76223 жыл бұрын
What would the island be called if Roggeveen had arrived a few days before or after Easter? I think that this one of the best researched videos you have made.
@DevilFish693 жыл бұрын
Giant Heads Looking Out At Sea Island.
@gelenestrecker-sayer91172 жыл бұрын
"Tuesday"? or maybe "Thursday"? ;-D
@Xiborg1 Жыл бұрын
@@gelenestrecker-sayer9117 Thursder island or Tuesder Island.
@mandiemoore3272 Жыл бұрын
There's 1,000 jokes that could be made here but honest to God it is a really good question
@JohnDaker_singer3 жыл бұрын
That dude became human beef jerky. “SNAP INTO A SLIM ICEMAN!!! Oh YEAHHHH”
@MrBoliao983 жыл бұрын
I always wondered, why haven't the Easter Islanders considered land reclamation for more land and water?
@thewhovianhippo71033 жыл бұрын
They didn't have the technology and they also ran out of resources since they deforested the (native) trees to extinction
@pedrito62253 жыл бұрын
They can't. Chilean goverment pays no attention to Rapa Nuis. They care about the island because it brings tourist. Same with mapuche people. In Chile there's no respect for this tribes and their cultures
@ericstoverink65793 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on the Mississippian Culture, especially the city of Cahokia.
@marknewton698411 ай бұрын
Interesting place. Also Lake Jackson in Tallahassee
@Shazistic3 жыл бұрын
Random fact: We may have already had an alien contact back in 1977 when we received 72-second long "wow! signal" from sun's nearest star -Shazistic
@CarlosGutierrez-qw6pr3 жыл бұрын
Wasnt that already debunked?
@pfeilsusan3 жыл бұрын
I've been there and loved it!! Wish to go back some day.
@byronandrews293 жыл бұрын
How about doing a video of the moriori people of the chatham islands new Zealand that would be interesting
@Bowl845 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a history on the construction of the Horseshoe Curve!
@shindari3 жыл бұрын
An infestation of rats?? Certain guys on the Discovery Channel would maintain it was an infestation of ALIENS!!
@damirk33 жыл бұрын
Maybe a video about Avars?
@Benni7773 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t I learn any of this in school?? All I knew prior to this video was that this island had the stone heads. I didn’t even knew that it was founded on Easter Day! 🤭😂
@ardikn3 жыл бұрын
Because it irrelevant, even if you're Chilean, it doesn't matter much. The Rapa nui are one of many indigenous people that suffer from european colonists, they are just a little weirder
@joycejames84613 жыл бұрын
It wasn't founded on Easter Day, that was when the first European to stumble across it arrived. It went downhill pretty quickly afterwards.
@ericoakley43883 жыл бұрын
Jen just think what you might have accomplished had you learned just that one fact! You poor deprived woman!
@jonhallberg83343 жыл бұрын
Anything that commemorates or refers to anything Christian is in the process of being erased. The commies want the obliterate Christmas by turning it over to a 'giant elf' (yeah, I know, just crazy) and calling it the Holidays. Easter was the day that Jesus who had been crucified to death on the cross three days earlier, rose from the dead. Promising eternal life to his followers.
@j.j.7143 жыл бұрын
@@jonhallberg8334 are you actually insane? nothing but the name of the island is related to Christianity, did you even watch this video?? I hope you’re troll, I can’t believe someone can believe and say as much crap as you did. Jesus Christ
@btetschner Жыл бұрын
A+ video! LOVE IT! Fascinating history, amazing images, and those statues are always fun and mysterious to look at!
@forgivenchildofGod3 жыл бұрын
It’s like when I see a new Weird History video my thumb acts on its own lol.
@marciawhite6923 жыл бұрын
I really love this show very informative and at times funny
@CGmcfc3 жыл бұрын
Gum Gum
@DaGum...3 жыл бұрын
Night at the museum
@SaviorInTheSun3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a video with Weird History's take on who discovered America first.
@nengthao56183 жыл бұрын
My conclusions is mainly the outsiders that brought new diseases and from being taken into slavery, that driven them to where they are now.
@apu62163 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The same patterns can be seen across the world where indigenous people have been pillaged and oppressed, and cultures almost destroyed (by design) because they had something that someone else (European colonisers) wanted.
@sanketdaduria64613 жыл бұрын
pls make a video on indus valley civilization
@GodofWarChuka3 жыл бұрын
I’ll bet that there is a McDonald’s and a Walmart on that island 🏝 somewhere!
@hermanmelville33683 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@tomatopig92073 жыл бұрын
There is a lider it’s the Chilean Walmart
@marknewton6984 Жыл бұрын
Waffle House!
@Marniuhhh3 жыл бұрын
Ever done anything about the living conditions of the polar explorers?