Giant cat drawing discovered on a hillside in Peru

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https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/17/giant-cat-drawing-discovered-on-a-hillside-in-peru

Giant cat drawing discovered on a hillside in Peru

By Mark Armstrong with AP • 17/10/2020 - 16:28

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The image of what looks like a cat had almost disappeared - Copyright Johny Isla/AP

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a new outline of a feline on a hillside in Nazca.

They were carrying out maintenance in the area during the coronavirus pandemic.

Such giant outlines are normally made of stones and are known as geoglyphs.

The cat-shaped figure had been almost completely erased before it was uncovered.

"Well, one of the things that continues to surprise, and that many ask, is how we still find new geoglyphs," explained Johny Isla, the Director of the Nazca-Palpa Management Plan at the Ministry of Culture.

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On edit, some background information:

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/700/

Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa

[Phoenix61]

1. Definitely on my bucket list of places to go. mt

[Baitball Blogger]

2. How do you miss something like that in the last century?

[central scrutinizer]

3. The cat knocked most of the stones off the hillside

[Baitball Blogger]

5. LOL!

[PatSeg]

6. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[bamagal62]

12. Lol!

[rockfordfile]

7. I agree. Something's off

[sl8]

9. Bear in mind that you're seeing the "after" picture.

They say it was barely visible before they started working on it.

I'd like to see a "before" photo, though.

[Mariana]

11. ...

The cat-shaped figure had been almost completely erased before it was uncovered.

"Well, one of the things that continues to surprise, and that many ask, is how we still find new geoglyphs," explained Johny Isla, the Director of the Nazca-Palpa Management Plan at the Ministry of Culture.

"And in fact, there are new ones and we will continue to find more. This has improved a lot in recent years with the use of modern technology. Before we had aerial photographs or photographs from planes, but now we have photos that can be taken with drones at very low altitudes and that helps us a lot."

[Silent3]

4. Celebrating Caturday took a lot more commitment back then n/t

[bluecollar2]

8. I used to live not far from there

Fascinating area.

Between the drawings, fossilized shark teeth and pre columbian history there was so much to see growing uo.

Add in the climate and it was just a real exoerience.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. The left side looks like it's part crocodile.

[2naSalit]

13. I think it's showing the tail

in wag mode.