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NOVA - Season 40 Episode 3

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Title: NOVA - Season 40 Episode 3
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
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Alternative Titles: PBS新星Nova, نوا, نووآ, PBS Nova
Keyword: nature, candid, inspirational, factual, dramatic, informative, instructive

Overview:A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues or moai, weighing up to 86 tons? And how did they transform a presumed paradise into a treeless wasteland, bringing ruin upon their island and themselves? NOVA explores controversial recent claims that challenge decades of previous thinking about the islanders, who have been accused of everything from ecocide to cannibalism. Among the radical new theories is that the islanders used ropes to "walk" the statues upright, like moving a fridge. With the help of an accurate 15-ton replica statue, a NOVA team sets out to test this high-risk, seemingly unlikely theory—serving up plenty of action and surprises in this fresh investigation of one of the ancient world's most intriguing enigmas.

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First Air Date: Mar 03, 1974 Last Air date: May 14, 2025 Season: 52 Season Episode: 1005 Episode Runtime: 55:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.961 / 10 by 129 users Popularity: 27.748 Language: en

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