Ancient Earth Drawings Found In Peru (Older Than Nazca Lines)

Sun Sentinel/AP ^ | 2-28-2005

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Ancient Earth Drawings Found in Peru

By Associated Press
Posted February 28 2005, 7:25 AM EST

LIMA, Peru -- Archaeologists have discovered a group of giant figures scraped into the hills of Peru's southern coastal desert that are believed to predate the country's famed Nazca lines.

About 50 figures were etched into the earth over an area roughly 90 square miles near the city of Palpa, 220 miles southeast of Lima, El Comercio newspaper reported.

The drawings -- which include human figures as well as animals such as birds, monkeys, and felines -- are believed to be created by members of the Paracas culture sometime between 600 and 100 B.C., Johny Islas, the director of the Andean Institute of Archaeological Studies, told the newspaper.

One prominent figure appears to represent a deity commonly depicted on textiles and ceramics from the period, Islas said.

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GGG Ping.

[Darkwolf377]

They found Helen Thomas' baby pictures?

[henkster]

The drawings have been interpreted as blaming George Bush for global warming.

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Paracas And Nazca - Desert Cultures

[monday]

no photos?

[Mike Darancette]

Have to move back that time-line for the visitors from space.

[Publius6961]

The Nazca lines were "discovered" soon after the invention of aircraft.

It really took 90 additional years to "find" these?

Something doesn't "compute".

[blam]

"no photos?"

Nope. Not yet.

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"Have to move back that time-line for the visitors from space."

LOL. When I first read the title, I thought they had drawn a picture of the whole earth...or something like that.

[TChris]

The drawings have been interpreted as blaming George Bush for global warming.

LOL!

[Red Badger]

This will make the Mormons ecstatic.....

[theFIRMbss]

>Ancient Earth Drawings Found In Peru (Older Than Nazca Lines)
>>no photos?

[bvw]

"are believed to be created by members of the Paracas culture"

Hmmm ... I thought Steve J Gould said that it was a fact that line drawings had evolved from geological physical and chemical dynamics. Here we have purported scientists heretically claining some sort of intelligent designers. Very confusing.

[monday]

huh?

[Raycpa]

Early American Graffiti

[bayourod]

" are believed to be created by members of the Paracas culture sometime between 600 and 100 B.C."

That's not very old. There are people still living in houses in the Middle East that were built about that time.

The Pyramids are about twice that old and are substantially more complex than some stick figures scratched into rock.

[massgopguy]

Were'nt The Nazca lines exposed as one of Erik Von Daniken's hoaxes?

[Verginius Rufus]

I think the Nazca lines are connected with the ancient Peruvians' Nazcar races.