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Peru Geoglyphs Cat

The key to understanding one recently rediscovered geoglyph however lies in much smaller works of art.

Peru geoglyphs cat. The new discovery is part of the nazca lines a unesco world heritage site south of lima peru where hundreds of similar geoglyphs have previously been discovered according to cnn. Jhony islasap a 2000 year old giant etching in the shape of a cat was found at the famous nazca lines site in peru. A feline that measures some 37 metres across.

Calling it a nazca line however appears to be something of a misnomer. According to the ministry the 37 metre long geoglyph shows the rich and varied cultural legacy of the unesco world heritage site. Home to the geoglyphs of a hummingbird a monkey a spider and a human the.

The feline is about 37m long the figure of a relaxing cat has been discovered in the nazca desert in peru. On 15 october 2020 perus ministry of culture announced a new nazca line. A massive drawing of a cat has been found in the nazca lines of peru.

The cat which was discovered while archaeologists were remodeling at the site is believed to be the oldest geoglyph that has been discovered at the site and likely dates to 200 bc. The stylized animal may depicts the andean mountain cat leopardus jacobita a small wild cat native to the high andes. The nazca lines a collection of larger than life geoglyphs that were etched into the ground by indigenous people thousands of years ago just gained a new attraction.

Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered an enormous cat etched into a hillside in the desert of the famed nazca lines. To 100 bc according to the times. The feline was found in one of the slopes of the mirador natural hill.

Perus ministry of culture states that the design was hardly visible when it was first identified and was on the verge of disappearing because it was on a hill with a steep slope and was subject to the effects of natural erosion. Archeologists have found a 2000 year old feline figure carved into a hillside in southern peru the countrys ministry of culture announced last week. The cat geoglyph is impressive it measures 37 meters 121 ft and the lines of the design are about 10 inches 254 cm wide.

Monday october 19 2020 peruvian ministry of culture lima peruaccording to a report in the guardian a cat like figure measuring more than 120 feet long was discovered etched into a hillside. The nazca lines a unesco world heritage site is home to designs on the ground known as.

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