Moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

What the Show Claims

• ›Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest these seven stone giants stand guard over the Pacific island as sentinels protecting something significant. They propose these monolithic figures represent evidence of extraterrestrial contact with Polynesian civilization.

What Archaeology Says

The moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people between approximately 1250 and 1500 CE. They are believed to represent deceased ancestors and were part of a complex ancestor veneration system in Polynesian culture.