A team of archaeologists has discovered 29 geoglyphs between 1,900 and 2,300 years old in the hills of Peru's Nazca province.
Archaeologist Omar Bendiso, from the National University of San Luis Gonzaga, told the Peruvian news agency Andina that the geoglyphs, which represent large cat figures, are located in the areas of El Ingenio and Changuelo, in the Nazca province south of Ica, a city located 310 kilometers south of the Peruvian capital. .
He explained: “So far, in the El Ingenio area, we have identified ten cat-shaped objects, in different sizes, ranging from 17 meters long and 12 meters high to approximately 42 meters long and 43 meters high.” Bendiso. He added that eight geoglyphs in the shape of cats were found in downtown San Juan in Changuelo, measuring 11.3 meters in length and 9.5 meters in height, and another measuring 37.3 meters in length and 13.7 meters in height.
“The geoglyphs that were found face south, towards the Nazca Lines” and “it seems that the inhabitants of that time had cats as a god, or this had a very special meaning for them,” the archaeologist explained.
The specialist also said that on a cliff in downtown San Francisco de el Ingenio, ten anthropomorphic geoglyphs were found and in San Juan de Changuelo, another anthropomorphic figure was found. “The discovery of these new geoglyphs in El Ingenio and Changuelo, in the Nazca Province, is an important discovery for Peruvian archaeology,” he emphasized.
The discoveries were made using planned flights with Drones that it Programming A specialist allowed the images to be analyzed to identify the shape of the geoglyphs, a task that lasted four months with the support of the University Center and the Ministry of Culture.
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