A geoglyph of Titicaca - As seen by Google Maps
Showing posts with label geoglyphs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geoglyphs. Show all posts
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Star and Stripes - Geoglyphs Titicaca
A geoglyph of Titicaca - As seen by Google Maps
Coordinates -15.544474,-70.03443
Note that this structure is superimposed to an older one. Is it an incongruent restoration?
The star viewed from the ground (Courtesy, Gary Mariscal Herrera, Director Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Peru)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Possible geoglyphs spotted in Peru
Possible geoglyphs spotted in Peru, by Rossella Lorenzi.
A huge network of earthworks, or geoglyphs, is visible in satellite imagery of a large area around Titicaca Lake, a researcher claims. http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/geoglyph-peru-andean.html
Was this a planned symbol? Yes, says scientist Amelia Carolina Sparavigna."An Italian researcher may have discovered a huge network of earthworks representing birds, snakes and other animals in Peru, according to a study published on the Cornell University physics website arXiv.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, assistant professor at the department of physics of Turin's Polytechnic University, used Google satellite maps and AstroFracTool, an astronomical image-processing program which she developed, to investigate over 463 square miles of land around Peru's Titicaca Lake "
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A fish or a bird - Geoglyphs Titicaca
A geoglyph of Titicaca - As seen by Google Maps
The geoglyph viewed from the ground (Courtesy, Gary Mariscal Herrera, Director Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Peru)