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Sep21-05, 08:51 AM   #6
 
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Did they have any contact with the civilizations around Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc.? Maybe they used similar technologies? Egyptians were moving big stones by 2000 BC, weren't they?

Just another possibility: It's been suggested that the people of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) effectively 'walked' their moai statues across the island with some system of ropes, rocking them back and forth.