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Italian scientist claims find of geoglyphs near Lake Titicaca, Peru
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| 13 Oct 2010
| Mario Sandoval
Posted on 10/14/2010 1:40:57 AM PDT by Palter
According to an Italian scientist, a huge network of earthworks, or geoglyphs, is visible in satellite imagery of a large area, over 463 square miles, in the surroundings of the Titicaca Lake, Peru.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, professor at Italys Politecnico di Torino, claims the patterns she discovered while studying satellite pictures near the Titicaca Lake. She says the shapes are the result of an almost unimaginable agricultural effort of Andean communities centuries ago.
People created a system of terraced hills and raised fields, which were large elevated planting platforms, with the corresponding drainage canals, to improve soil, temperature and moisture conditions for crops. These remains of the prehistoric agricultural system are providing evidence of the impressive engineering abilities of the peoples who lived there in pre-Columbian times, she says in her Politecnico di Torino webpage. Among the geoglyphs there are structures which represent animals, where ponds are their eyes. Other geoglyphs are geometric drawings, she adds.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; geoglyphs; godsgravesglyphs; laketiticaca; orbitalarchaeology; peru; satellitearchaeology
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posted on
10/14/2010 1:41:02 AM PDT
by
Palter
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/14/2010 1:41:30 AM PDT
by
Palter
(If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
To: SunkenCiv
Titicaca news....got pics...know what I mean...nod nod...wink wink...?
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posted on
10/14/2010 1:53:58 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: Palter
Must be like those computer generated posters they had back in the 90s that you had to stare at and let your eyes glaze over to see the picture in the picture.
Because I sure dont see any glyphs in those satellite pictures
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posted on
10/14/2010 2:30:09 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
To: Palter
I’m afraid these geoglyphs are not like the Nazca lines.....and I think we are straining a bit to see these patterns, we could do the same with clouds if we could hold them still......The geoglyphs in Nazca were for people in flying aircraft......and that is still a mystery
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posted on
10/14/2010 3:12:00 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Madam President is my President now and in the future)
To: Pontiac
Because I sure dont see any glyphs in those satellite pictures
I didn't see them at first, either, and I didn't see them in all cases. Look again, and look for birds, including a toucan.
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posted on
10/14/2010 3:18:50 AM PDT
by
Nepeta
To: The Wizard
Im afraid these geoglyphs are not like the Nazca lines.....and I think we are straining a bit to see these patterns, we could do the same with clouds if we could hold them still......The geoglyphs in Nazca were for people in flying aircraft......and that is still a mystery
Only to professional hucksters like Von Daniken, stirring a little truth with a desire for a fast buck. The Nazca lines have been studied for a long time.
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posted on
10/14/2010 3:21:16 AM PDT
by
Nepeta
To: Pontiac
First take a look at these examples of Pre-Columbian images of birds:
Now look again at the glyphs.
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posted on
10/14/2010 3:29:42 AM PDT
by
giotto
To: The Wizard
The Nazca geoglyphs were not for “airplanes”. They were for the “Gods” to see and know the depth of belief of the people making them. The actual ability to make them wasn't too difficult; just time, manpower and a plan.
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posted on
10/14/2010 4:43:45 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: Palter
And now my tribute to one of the greatest lines sung by the Aquabats:
“Chewbakka, Chewbakka, Lake Titicaca! Chewbakka’s on a scooter man, holy crap!”
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posted on
10/14/2010 5:21:24 AM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: Palter
These glyphs were made by aliens. they didn't have passports so I guess they were illegal aliens!
All joking aside. Ancient artifacts in Brazil, Peru, and Chile are similar to Egyptian artifacts. Today the Reed Boats of Lake Titicaca in Peru display a startling similarity to the Ancient Egyptian Reed Boats!
Reed boat on Lake Titicaca.
Picture of Ancient Egyptian Reed Boat use for fishing.
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posted on
10/14/2010 7:22:54 AM PDT
by
Young Werther
("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/14/2010 11:11:31 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: Tainan; Palter; JoeProBono; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
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posted on
10/14/2010 5:47:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: a fool in paradise; Young Werther; SunkenCiv; Palter; Tainan; Pontiac; The Wizard; Nepeta; ...
If you very carefully at this "satellite" image you can see my house. I am standing on the font porch waving! Hi ya'll!!!
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posted on
10/14/2010 6:05:59 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(How many Angels can dance on the head of a PIN)
To: Palter
Mark my word.
We'll eventually discover some astonishing things about the people of Titicaca..they were different.
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posted on
10/14/2010 6:11:56 PM PDT
by
blam
To: bigheadfred
YEAH
I see you!
Youre that centipede in the lower left corner, right?
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posted on
10/14/2010 6:21:00 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
To: Pontiac
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posted on
10/14/2010 6:44:48 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(How many Angels can dance on the head of a PIN)
To: Palter
They must be smokin’ the good stuff in Italy...
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posted on
10/14/2010 8:29:49 PM PDT
by
ForGod'sSake
(You have just two choices: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!)
To: The Wizard; SunkenCiv; Palter
we could do the same with clouds if we could hold them still You seem to have nailed it.
Figure 6: This artificial landform could represent a hedgehog.
Coordinates of hedgehog are -15.65154,-70.1334 (upside-down).
HEDGEHOG!?! How old are these geoglyphs geophantasamicons* supposed to be?
There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to North America; those in New Zealand are introduced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog
In total, there are currently 14 known species of hedgehog found throughout large areas of Europe, (including the British Isles) Africa and Asia, and they have been introduced to some of the islands off the African coast, and New Zealand. There are no native species of hedgehog in Southeast Asia, Australia or North and South America. http://hedgehogcentral.com/world.shtml
The other link (.pdf) with the "animal attacking a snake" really shows a lot of imagination, but not much else, IM(not so)HO.
I have wasted hours of my life looking at 'pictures' and 'figures' in clouds, linoleum, plywood paneling, "picture" sandstone, toast, burnt bottoms of frying pans, and abstract "art"...but all that was really there were natural, random, abstract patterns that the brain could arrange into familiar seeming figures.
*geophantasamicons: imagined pictures seen in land forms. (Akin to linoleophantasmaicons, the imagined figures seen in abstract linoleum patterns) i,e. SEEING 'CLOUD PICTURES' IN LAND FORMS!
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posted on
10/15/2010 2:50:15 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: Pontiac; bigheadfred
Youre that centipede in the lower left corner, right? I thought he was the bump on the dot in the lower left corner, left.
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posted on
10/15/2010 2:57:30 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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