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Mystery of the Nazca Lines deepens: Gales and sandstorms reveal geoglyphs of a 'snake and llama' ...
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 19:51 EST, 4 August 2014
| Victoria Woollaston
Posted on 08/06/2014 8:20:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The mysteries of the Nazca Lines carved into the Peruvian desert have intensified after gales and sandstorms revealed previously unseen ancient designs.
A pilot discovered a geoglyph of what appears to be a 196ft-long (60 metre) snake, as well as a type of camelid - such as a llama - above an unidentified bird.
These new lines join existing geoglyphs of a dog, hummingbird, condor and a monkey, thought to have been drawn by the ancient Nazca people between the first and sixth centuries The discovery was made by pilot Eduardo Herrán Gómez de la Torre as he flew over the hills of El Ingenio Valley and Pampas de Jumana, as reported by El Comercio.
Archaeologists are now working to confirm the authenticity of the lines.
The geoglyphs, more commonly known as the Nazca Lines, were first spotted
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: andes; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; nazca; nazcalines; peru
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The new lines were revealed following gales and sandstorms in the region and researchers believe this geoglyph shows a camelid (outlined left) above an unidentified bird (outlined right). Some 700 geoglyphs are thought to have been drawn by the ancient Nazca people between the first and sixth centuries
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:20:17 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:26:44 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: BenLurkin
Snake and Llamas, but no Moose and Squirrel.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:28:01 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Is no good without Moose and Squirrel.
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:39:21 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:39:54 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BenLurkin
Ancient advertisement for cigarettes and vodka
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:40:02 PM PDT
by
logitech
(It is time.)
To: smokingfrog; BenLurkin; Salamander
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posted on
08/06/2014 8:57:33 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Enterprise; Army Air Corps
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:00:50 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: BenLurkin
They should fire hose the whole area and see what happens
How kewel...
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08/06/2014 9:00:58 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
To: shibumi
That picture is apparently from 1960
was the Llama a Photoshop job?
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08/06/2014 9:05:03 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL; shibumi
To: GeronL
No idea.
I just ripped it off.
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08/06/2014 9:08:07 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: BenLurkin
Are you sure that is not a dead chupacabra and a dead buzzard run over by the cartel vehicles?
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08/06/2014 9:08:19 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
To: Larry Lucido
I was the wrong maybe, the stage version of “The Bells Are Ringing with Judy Holliday”, advertised in the background, was 1956 while the film was 1960, which she also starred.
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08/06/2014 9:09:30 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: BenLurkin
the camel drawing is really interesting because the Bactrain camel’s range “is restricted to remote regions of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts of Mongolia and China, migrating from the desert to rivers in Siberia during winter.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_camel
So how did a Bactrain camel get to Peru or within the knowledge base of those in Peru?
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08/06/2014 9:10:24 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: shibumi
The stage version of that show in the background was 1956, film in 1960... so who knows.
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08/06/2014 9:10:27 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Larry Lucido; GeronL; Salamander
Or! It could be the ("Hello?!?") Salvador Dali Llama -
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08/06/2014 9:24:38 PM PDT
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:35:14 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: shibumi
Was it a Holly Dolly Christmas?
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08/06/2014 9:43:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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