Ancient Earth Drawings Found in Peru

[DoYouEverWonder]

February 28, 2005

LIMA, Peru -- Archaeologists have discovered a group of giant figures scraped into the hills of Peru's southern coastal desert that are believed to predate the country's famed Nazca lines.

About 50 figures were etched into the earth over an area roughly 90 square miles near the city of Palpa, 220 miles southeast of Lima, El Comercio newspaper reported.

The drawings -- which include human figures as well as animals such as birds, monkeys, and felines -- are believed to be created by members of the Paracas culture sometime between 600 and 100 B.C., Johny Islas, the director of the Andean Institute of Archaeological Studies, told the newspaper.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3188620

[Boomer]

1. Bad link

Try again!

[Judi Lynn]

2. Whoops, DoYouEverWonder! Is this your link?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=537201

Can't wait until they start printing the photos of this great find.
Thanks.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Oops, too late to fix

Thanks for the correct link Judi Lynn.

[lonestarnot]

3. Like this info. Ancient communications always interest me. Now your

links are also interesting, and you are right, I did miss the Eberle link buried in the Gannon thread thanks, and believed from the moment I saw things taking place on 9/11 that they made it happen!

[SpiralHawk]

4. When the Condor flies with the Eagle

it will be time to share the ancient teachings. Some will understand.


Your little wind-blown clouds,
your thin wisps of clouds,
your great masses of clouds
replete with living waters,
you will send forth to stay with us.
Your fine rain caressing the earth...
Send forth your massed clouds to stay with us,
stretch out your water hands,
let us embrace!

-- Zuni prayer for rain

[GregW]

5. Chariots of the Gods, anyone?

Let's see if von Daniken can take a drawing of a bird's foot and make it into another 'airport' for spacecraft :eyes:

[Toots]

8. Obviously you never read the book

There is more truth in one page of Van Daniken's books than in the entire Bush* cabal.

[Kimber Scott]

10. There is more truth on Captain Kangaroo than with the Bush administation,

so what's your point?

[mutus_frutex]

22. Come on!

Both of them are frauds!!

[Igel]

7. Christo's distance ancestors? n/t

[xchrom]

9. yup

lol --that's why i like earth artists so much.
or one of the reasons.

what a great find -- really interesting stuff

[On the Road]

11. Here's a Pic

I know it hasn't rained in 100 years, but I still can't believe this is the first time anyone's flown over and noticed this:

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Wow, that's pretty cool

Makes you wonder how the heck did they do that and why go through all the trouble?

Thanks for the pic.

[Toucano]

13. To please the gods?

To summon the mother ship?

It's very interesting indeed.

[pokercat999]

16. To mess with the minds of future inhabitants? nt

[Toucano]

17. I'm freaking out!

I almost included that in my post. VERBATIM!

Weird.

[pokercat999]

19. Great minds...........................................nt

[Roland99]

14. Is he waving?

[Toucano]

18. Maybe he's shaking a fist.

"Why I oughta..."

[theHandpuppet]

24. Same pose we sent on the Pioneer spacecraft plaque!

Interesting, eh?
http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PN10&11.html#plaque

[Roland99]

26. Interesting...

[phusion]

20. Very cool, where did you find the pic?

And that's probably post-excavation...Most likely it was a very faint outline before they started uncovering it.

[On the Road]

21. That Particular One Was from a Site Called RedNova

http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=131580

Never saw it before. Just did a Yahoo News search on "Peru Ancient Drawings" and looked for non-MSM sites. Surprisingly, that was the only photo I could find. If you come across more, please post them.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Heard about this site on a National Geographic program on cable

This site would be within a couple of hundred miles or a little more of the new drawings:



Outlines of a Civilization Emerge: Lined with graduated seating areas and perhaps box seats for the elite, the amphitheater (seen from the air) appears to be Caral’s ceremonial center, which Peruvian soldiers helped excavate.



The amphitheater served as the ceremonial heart of a thriving city 4,600 years ago.

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/aug02/caral.html

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Peru Ruins Trace Anthropological Riddle in Sand
By Daniel Flynn

CARAL, Peru (Reuters) - On a scarp overlooking a lush valley carved through Peru's dusty Andean foothills, archeologists have unearthed what they believe is the oldest city in the Americas -- the sacred ruins of Caral.

A team from Peru's San Marcos University has painstakingly excavated the arid hillocks above the River Supe north of Lima to reveal six ancient pyramids, an amphitheater and residential complex that they have dated to as early as 2627 BC.

``In these structures of stone, mud and tree trunks we find the cradle of American civilization,'' said Ruth Shady, who is leading the excavations.

The discovery is already being hailed as the most exciting find in Peru since 1911, when Yale archeologist Hiram Bingham stumbled on the ruined Inca citadel of Machu Picchu hidden in the clouds of the craggy Andean highlands.
(snip/...)

http://www.tiwanakuarcheo.net/5_4suyusandinos/caralreuters.htm

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Thursday, December 23, 2004 - Page updated at 12:03 A.M.

A Peruvian site previously reported as the oldest city in the Americas actually is a much larger complex of as many as 20 cities with huge pyramids and sunken plazas sprawled over three river valleys, researchers report.

Construction started about 5,000 years ago — nearly 400 years before the first pyramid was built in Egypt — at a time when most people around the world were simple hunters and gatherers, a team from Northern Illinois University and Chicago's Field Museum reports in today's issue of the journal Nature.

The society and its people — known only as the Andeans — persisted in virtually the same form for 1,200 years before they were overrun by more warlike neighbors. That is the longest time any known ancient civilization survived, according to archaeologist Jonathan Haas of the Field, who led the expedition.
(snip)

Andeans were peaceful. "They didn't fight with each other, and nobody else was big enough to fight with them," Haas said.
(snip/...)http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002128616_peru23.html

[RedCloud]

27. that is a Nazca photo.

It has been known for some time. Most likely a human figure.

For those who don't know, these are ritualized walkways. the believers follow the route and keep them fresh.
SUV morans ruin them.
BTW Space aliens are not so stupid that they would need a last second clue to get to Bob's house.

[VegasWolf]

15. Yes, and they portray an evil tiny tree destroying the world. n/t

[Maple]

23. Thank you

for posting this. Very interesting.