Cat Etching Found Nazca Lines Peru
Is the latest discovery among the carvings of larger than life animals and plants previously found between the towns of nazca and palpa in a desert plain about 250 miles southeast of the capital lima.
Cat etching found nazca lines peru. A photo released by. The catlike geoglyph which experts say dates to 200 bc. 2000 year old nazca line featuring lounging cat found in peru the enormous glyph is one of hundreds of ancient etchings scattered across the arid region it was about to disappear because its.
The cat etching is believed to be older than any of the prehistoric geoglyphs previously unearthed at nazca. It appears to be a cat lounging as cats often doarchaeologists stumbled across the faded etching while remodeling a section of a unesco heritage site known. The 2000 year old discovery was made among the nazca lines a unesco world heritage site which are made up of.
The cat etching is believed to be older than any of the prehistoric geoglyphs previously unearthed at nazca. The image stretching for 40 yards on a hillside in peru shows a creature with pointy ears orb like eyes and a long striped tail. 2000 year old cat etching found at nazca lines site in peru archaeologists came across the faded feline outline while conducting maintenance work at the unesco heritage site.
Peruvian archaeologists carrying out maintenance work in the renowned nazca lines geoglyphs site have discovered the figure of a feline which was barely discernible and almost completely erased. A n ancient etching of a giant cat has been discovered in the peruvian desert. Archeologists recently revealed the never before seen figure of a giant cat etched into a hillside in the desert among the famed nazca lines of southern peru.