The most important symbols of the European Bronze Age such as the Sun Wheel, Great Sun (High King), Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, Equinox, Solar Eclipse and phases of the moon are identical in Bronze Age Sweden and the writing system of Georgia’s Creek Indians. a mountainous region containing the purest gold in the world. Most of Georgia’s petroglyphs are believed to be contemporary with the Scandinavian Bronze Age, although some are definitely Maya or Arawak in origin. Several of these symbols LATER became some of the earliest symbols in the Maya writing system. Why? It's yet another earthen mystery.Scandinavian Bronze Age art is found on most of the famous petroglyphic boulders in the Georgia Gold Belt. in Russia, geoglyph makers sculpted a giant elk out of rocks. And sometime between the third and fourth millennia B.C. Circular and hexagonal geoglyphs in the Amazon show no signs of habitation inside, and archaeologists' best guess is that the designs had some sort of ceremonial function. Nevertheless, no one knows why the lines were made. The famed Nazca Lines in Peru depict birds, cats and other animals, and have been studied by modern archaeologists since the 1920s. The purposes of other geoglyphs around the world remain unexplained, as well. For now, the researchers added, the lines need to be protected they have already been damaged by vehicles cutting across them since the 2014 satellite images were taken. The final stone is a sati stone, which was erected to memorialize a widow who threw herself on her husband's funeral pyre after his death in battle.īut old carvings and memorials are common in the Thar Desert, the researchers wrote, so the stones may have had little to do with the geoglyphs around them. Three of the structures are rock cairns, four are carved memorial stones with inscriptions that are still being studied and three others are simple rectangular stones used for memorials or landmarks. There are a total of nine stone structures in and around the lines the largest is a pillar just over 5 feet (1.6 m) tall. The 25 most mysterious archaeological discoveries on Earth ![]() Photos: Circular geoglyphs discovered in Peru There is also another small spiral and a number of faint lines nearby, suggesting that the geoglyphs were once much larger. Nearby is a serpent-shaped line that's 6.8 miles (11 km) long and the boustrophedon-style pattern, which consists of 23 nearly parallel lines. The largest of the geoglyphs is a giant spiral covering 0.05 square miles (0.13 square kilometers), which would measure 7.5 miles (12 km) if stretched out into a straight line. "he shape of the lines are not fields," the Oethemiers wrote to Live Science. The area is uncultivated, the Oetheimers told Live Science, with no available water for irrigation nearby the land is currently used to graze goats and sheep. That older age would put them in line with the age of the memorial stones found nearby. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only by scouting the region on Google Earth were the Oetheimers able to discover the geoglyphs.īased on weathering and the sparse vegetation growth in and around the lines, the researchers estimate that the designs are around 150 years old, or perhaps as old as 200 years. The overall pattern is not visible from the ground, as there is no high point nearby and the terrain is flat. The lines may have some sort of religious or ceremonial meaning, discoverers and independent French researchers Carlo Oetheimer, and Yohann Oetheimer, wrote for the upcoming September issue of the journal Archaeological Research in Asia. It's not clear why the lines were made, though they are situated near several rock cairns, or stacks, and memorial stones, the latter carved with images of the Hindu deities Krishna and Ganesha. A hike along all the lines would make for a journey of 30 miles (48 kilometers). All told, the patterns cover 51 acres (20.8 hectares) of the arid region near the border with Pakistan. The Indian glyph consists of several spirals and a long, snaking line that doubles back on itself again and again. Geoglyphs, which are sprawling designs formed with earth or stone, have not previously been found in India, though they are known from other deserts in Peru and in Kazakhstan.
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