Archaeologists discover new geoglyphs near Nazca Lines in Peru

[Judi Lynn]

MAY 28, 2018 / 12:40 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Archaeologists discover new geoglyphs near Nazca Lines in Peru
Reuters Staff

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PALPA, Peru (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.

More:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-peru-archaeology/archaeologists-discover-new-geoglyphs-near-nazca-lines-in-peru-idUKKCN1IT1TA?rpc=401&

Science:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/122857564

[dhill926]

1. amazing....

thx for this...

[Achilleaze]

2. There are more mysteries, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philsosophy

...or something like that...

[RandomAccess]

7. Very close

I was so distracted by your quote of it -- it's a line I like a lot myself -- that I had to google it --

"Hamlet suggests that human knowledge is limited: There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Flying over the Nazca Lines was so great although my sister got

air sick. Thanks for posting this.

[Goonch]

4. enhanced

[Bayard]

5. I don't see any way people could have done something this massive 2000 years ago

Especially since you have to be in the air to even see it.

Aliens at it again....

[rickford66]

6. A simple grid system.