Archaeologists discover new geoglyphs near Nazca Lines in Peru

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[BBell]

PALPA, Peru, May 28 (Reuters) - Archaeologists using drones have discovered more than 25 geoglyphs etched into a swath of coastal desert in southern Peru near the Nazca Lines, a culture ministry official said Monday.

Most of the newly found geoglyphs, which include figures of a killer whale and a woman dancing, appear to have been made by the Paracas culture more than 2,000 years ago, hundreds of years before the Nazca people created similar giant drawings nearby, said Johny Isla, an archaeologist who heads the culture ministry's conservation efforts in the region.

An additional 25 geoglyphs that had previously been spotted by local residents have also been mapped with drones, Isla said.

Drones "have allowed us to broaden our documentation and discover new groups of figures," Isla said on a tour of the geoglyphs in the province of Palpa.

But unlike the Nazca lines, most of which can only be seen by flying above them, many of the so-called Palpa Lines were carved into hillsides and can be seen from below, Peru's culture ministry said in a statement.

[BBell]

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Also an amazing discovery is that AOL is still around.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[a fool in paradise]

Those don’t have the precision of the Nazca lines. They look childish and modern.

[a fool in paradise]

PING

[Moonman62]

From the article:

In 2014, environmental group Greenpeace apologized to Peru for staging a picture to protest dirty fuels at the Nazca geoglyph of a hummingbird, which government officials said was damaged as a result.

[a fool in paradise]

THESE images seem more authentic. But that contorted woman and bear with backwards legs (and modern illustration of a face), puleaze.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Don’t. Forget. To. Drink. Your. Ovaltine.

[T-Bone Texan]

Don’t diss the petroglyphs!

[kanawa]

Dressed up like that he has an uncanny resemblance to George Zimmerman.

[a fool in paradise]

Peruvians never stopped carving glyphs into the sides of hills and mountains.

You’ll find slogans for or against political parties and candidates.

My point was that the 2 figures in top article in this thread do not appear to be 2000 thousands of years old.
The designs are wrong and amateurish (getting confused over spatial directions).

[fella]

One of the things I remember most about my visit to Peru over 50 years ago is the slogans written on the hillsides.

[bgill]

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

Two thousand years from now, archaeologists will talk about the gods these people worshiped...

[JockoManning]

Any of these not a spoof?

[RoosterRedux]

That image I posted was the result of a quick scan of articles on recent Nazca lines at the beginning of my first cup of coffee.

I usually wait until after several cups of coffee and careful authentication before posting such images.

I am still in process of authentication but have been away from my computer for most of the morning.

If I can't authenticate, I will ask mods to pull. Otherwise, I will post authentication evidence on thread and ping you to it.

[JockoManning]

Thanks. Not a biggy. Was curious.