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Judi Lynn

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Sun May 1, 2016, 04:13 AM May 2016

New Geoglyph Spotted in Peru’s Nazca Desert

New Geoglyph Spotted in Peru’s Nazca Desert

Friday, April 29, 2016



LIMA, PERU—Andina reports that a geoglyph has been discovered at Pampa de Majuelos in the Nazca desert by archaeologists Masato Sakai and Jorge Olano of Yamagata University. Sakai claims that the image, which measures more than 90 feet long, depicts an imaginary animal whose head with a long tongue are on the left, and whose spotted body and many legs are to the right. He suggests the image was created by moving stones from the whitish-colored ground and piling them to shape the animal in low relief. “This is a characteristic technique of geoglyphs and (the find) may date back to 2,000 to 2,500 years ago,” he said. To read about another mysterious Peruvian feature, go to "An Overlooked Inca Wonder."

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4424-160429-peru-nazca-geoglyph

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The recent discovery of a new geoglyph at Pampa de Majuelos in Nazca desert has highlighted the importance of the archaeological site — declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site that depicts figures of animals, objects and anthropomorphic figures that can only be seen with the aid of flight— for the scientific community and tourism sector.


According to the National Geographic website, it is a 30-meter-long figure drawn upon the arid plateaus that would represent an animal with a long tongue, said Masato Sakai, archaeologist of Japan-based Yamagata University, who leads the research along with his Peruvian counterpart Jorge Olano.


The left side of the figure depicts a head with a long tongue, while the right side —which stood out in high relief and has some spots— might reveal the body and legs.

In this sense, Sakai believes the design does not represent a realistic, but an imaginary image.

More:
http://tlatollotl.tumblr.com/post/143596540146/over-2000-year-old-geoglyph-found-in-nazca-desert

Science:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/122846913

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New Geoglyph Spotted in Peru’s Nazca Desert (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2016 OP
Makes you go "hmmmmm...." NeoGreen May 2016 #1
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