[SunkenCiv]

Boha 3's meandering lines. (C & Y Oetheimer, Archaeological Research in Asia, 2021)

[Persevero]

Is it a “science alert?” Or an “art alert?”

[epluribus_2]

“uncrewed” aerial vehicle (UAV)

Sheesh. The nomenclature nazis can crew themselves.

[KobraKai]

Describing that as ‘enigmatic’ is another way of saying the scribblings are meaningless.

[Robert DeLong]

I'm sorry, but I see no real pattern to these lines, unlike the Nazca Lines:

[Red Badger]

[dead]

Silly. A random squiggly line is described as “serpent like”.

[a fool in paradise]

Ecological disaster?

Clear cutting?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I see bikini tops, or, a celebration of the feminine form...

Am I the only one?

(This happens to me sometimes on the APOD thread.)

[UnwashedPeasant]

"some of the identified sites were furrows dug for tree plantations"

I think they are saying the ancient lines that look like irrigation ditches are really just modern irrigation ditches. But the squiggly ditch next to them really is ancient art and not where the modern tractor driver was goofing around.

[UnwashedPeasant]

More geoglyphs. The ancient people of Iowa were warning us about Global Warming and Capitalism.

[Old Student]

Mom, we're bored.

YOU KIDS GO OUTSIDE THIS MINUTE AND FIND SOMETHING TO DO!!! Or I'll GIVE you something to do!

[Stravinsky]

That’s reading a lot into these lines. Nazca Lines they ain’t. The serpent-like figure is connected to the main assortment on the left, so it might not have even intended to be its own thing. The figures they describe as giant and small spirals aren’t very good spiral shapes. I can think of possibilities besides religious or artistic.

[Honest Nigerian]

I am seeing several bikini tops. Seems to be an early Bronze Age Coppertone ad.

[Wuli]

The tin foil hats at Ancient Aliens will love this one.

[Uncle Miltie]

Motocross by Fred and Barney.

[blueplum]

...
“In the days of old the gods had the whole earth distributed among them by allotment. There was no quarrelling...”

Plato, “Critias”.