The Nazca lines in Peru, the mysterious geoglyphs etched in the desert for centuries by indigenous peoples, are world famous - and now thousands of similar patterns were found in the Middle East.
Satellite imagery and aerial revealed "wheels" of rock that are more mysterious and older than the Nazca lines in countries like Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
The structures are dated from 2000 years, but why they were built, is baffling archaeologists and historians.
Hidden: Thousands of people have probably walked past the structures and not realised what they were
Baffling: None of the Nazca Line-like patterns appear to be lined up with astronomical phenomena
Read more ...
Skeleton "Gobsmackingly amazing" dinosaur retained their first impression of the world
He added: "People probably walk on them, went before them for centuries, millennia, without a clear idea of what was the shape."
The local Bedouin, a nomadic people in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Libya, Egypt and Israel, calling them "works of the old man."
They are often found on the lava fields - but not to fall into a pattern, according to Kennedy, whose research on them will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Similar: The ancient and mysterious Nazca Lines in the Nazca Desert in Peru
He says they come in a variety of forms, some of them "kites," structures that channeled the animals, some of them seemingly random lines winding stone and others are rectangular.
Riddle in the sand: thousands of "Nazca Lines" bizarre discovery in the Middle East
PÃ¥ Ingen VAERS in Stjerne Med linje ARGUMENT, som har omkring formal mysteriet Oget LEADERS.
That in 1927 Descubierta fueron a por piloto llamado RAF teniente Percy Maitland, pero no fue hasta que el y su equipo Dr. Kennedy has comenzaron las fotos Studying Aéreas de la Tierra y Google como toda su extensión ha in sido revelado.
A final count is not yet complete, but Kennedy is certain, they number in the thousands.
0 comments:
Post a Comment