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.
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rather than what they you show and the site shows in the second picture.
I can see a head and arms
Interesting find.
The 90ft long 'mythical beast' spotted in the Nazca desert: Mysterious new geoglyph shows giant creature sticking out its long tongue
By Abigail Beall For Mailonline
Between the towns of Nazca and Palpa in Peru, a stretch of ground spanning 50 miles (80km) is covered in more than 700 enormous drawings.
Now a new drawing, officially named a geoglyph, has been discovered by Japanese scientists showing an imaginary spotted animal with lots of legs, sticking out its long tongue.
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 1st and 6th centuries.
The geoglyph was discovered at Pampa de Majuelos in the Nazca desert by archaeologists Masato Sakai and Jorge Olano of Yamagata University.
The researchers claim the image, which measures more than 90ft-long (27 metres), shows an imaginary animal whose head and tongue are on the left, with a spotted body and legs to the right.
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Another geoglyph was discovered nearby in 2011, showing a decapitation scene.
'Taking into account there is an ancient path, between the two geoglyphs, heading to the Cahuachi ceremonial site, we might say the figures are linked to a pilgrimage,' he said.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3571404/New-geoglyph-discovered-Nazca-desert-90-foot-image-shows-imaginary-animal-sticking-long-tongue.html#ixzz47em5uwAZ
