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Mysterious Elk-Shaped Structure Discovered in Russia
LiveScience ^ | Thursday, October 11, 2012 | Owen Jarus

Posted on 10/12/2012 7:13:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or deer discovered in Russia may predate Peru's famous Nazca Lines by thousands of years.

The animal-shaped stone structure, located near Lake Zjuratkul in the Ural Mountains, north of Kazakhstan, has an elongated muzzle, four legs and two antlers. A historical Google Earth satellite image from 2007 shows what may be a tail, but this is less clear in more recent imagery.

Excluding the possible tail, the animal stretches for about 900 feet (275 meters) at its farthest points (northwest to southeast), the researchers estimate, equivalent to two American football fields. The figure faces north and would have been visible from a nearby ridge...

Fieldwork carried out this past summer has shed more light on the glyph's composition and date, suggesting it may be the product of a "megalithic culture," researchers say. They note that hundreds of megalithic sites have been discovered in the Urals, with the most elaborate structures located on a freshwater island about 35 miles (60 km) northeast of the geoglyph.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; russia
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To: blueunicorn6

Former Arkansas coach Houston Nutt’s quarterback was Casey Dick. The headline one Saturday was “Nutt To Go With Dick”. You KNOW the writer knew what he was doing.


21 posted on 10/12/2012 9:26:40 PM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: eartrumpet

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22 posted on 10/12/2012 9:37:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cripplecreek

Is that the one in Ohio?


23 posted on 10/12/2012 10:19:32 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: SunkenCiv

Neat


24 posted on 10/13/2012 6:05:40 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: SunkenCiv
Another cool place.
And another one of Mexico's 'odd places'. Zone Of Silence You Tube Video, 8:21

And yes, 'Alien Hair Guy' is in it.

[Last night's 'Ancient Aliens' on H2 was one of the best.]

25 posted on 10/13/2012 6:05:49 AM PDT by Condor51 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Looks like one of the commenters said on the link - a saiga antelope and not an elk.


26 posted on 10/13/2012 7:09:06 AM PDT by gopheraj
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To: Condor51

:’) Thanks.


27 posted on 10/13/2012 4:48:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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