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| Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:24 pm)
May pre-date Peru's famous Nazca lines by thousands of years.
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A huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or deer discovered in Russia may predate Peru's famous Nazca Lines by thousands of years.
The animal-shaped stone structure, located near Lake Zjuratkul in the Ural Mountains, north of Kazakhstan, has an elongated muzzle, four legs and two antlers. A historical Google Earth satellite image from 2007 shows what may be a tail, but this is less clear in more recent imagery.
Excluding the possible tail, the animal stretches for about 900 feet (275 meters) at its farthest points (northwest to southeast), the researchers estimate, equivalent to two American football fields. The figure faces north and would have been visible from a nearby ridge.
"The figure would initially have looked white and slightly shiny against the green grass background," write Stanislav Grigoriev, of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of History & Archaeology, and Nikolai Menshenin, of the State Centre for Monument Protection, in an article first detailing the discovery published last spring in the journal Antiquity. They note that it is now covered by a layer of soil.
Fieldwork carried out this past summer has shed more light on the glyph's composition and date, suggesting it may be the product of a "megalithic culture," researchers say.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:26 pm to L.A.)
What took so long to discover this? Did they just now start flying planes over there?
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:27 pm to MississippiLSUfan)
Evidently it was covered by dirt. Not sure why it wasnt covered by dirt when Google Earth snapped the photo in 2007.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:28 pm to MississippiLSUfan)
Russia span twelve time zones, Siberia is one massive bit of real estate that still is basically unknown.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:33 pm to CITWTT)
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Russia span twelve time zones, Siberia is one massive bit of real estate that still is basically unknown.
This. Russia is massive and largely uninhabited. Lot's of weird hidden stuff out there.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:35 pm to CITWTT)
Oh. Well I love shite like this. I could watch what the ancients knew 24/7.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 1:48 pm to deltaland)
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This. Russia is massive and largely uninhabited. Lot's of weird hidden stuff out there.
Yep.
Almost their entire country, population and infrastructure is practically in westernmost Russia.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 2:07 pm to L.A.)
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 2:10 pm to MFn GIMP)
Prometheus type shite right there.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 4:12 pm to CITWTT)
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Siberia is one massive bit of real estate that still is basically unknown.
But this is in the Urals near kazakhistan? The Urals are the western edge of Siberia not in siberia, relatively well known, explored and exploited particulary in the area near Kazakhastan and not at all rugged, they are perhaps the most underwhelming mountain range on the planet.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 4:37 pm to L.A.)
Extinct giant snail trail
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:23 pm to L.A.)
Excuse me, but how the frick is this political?
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:24 pm to TN Bhoy)
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Excuse me, but how the frick is this political?
Well we could vote on whether it's a deer, elk or and anteater.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:29 pm to TN Bhoy)
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Excuse me, but how the frick is this political?
I find many of the non political articles linked here odd as well. Judging by some of the posters here I would think it's some type of Cultural pride type posting?
The bus driver punching the woman has nothing to do with politics either?
Many other non political articles with Cultural leanings as well.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:45 pm to TN Bhoy)
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Excuse me, but how the frick is this political?
It's science related. Traditionally science threads have found a home on the Poli Board.
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:54 pm to TN Bhoy)
It was in Russia...commie bastards
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:57 pm to sugar71)
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The bus driver punching the woman has nothing to do with politics either?
Yeah but it was funny as hell. We allow humor here. Do you happen to have any ghetto beatdown videos that you would like to share?
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 7:00 pm to sugar71)
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I find many of the non political articles linked here odd as well. Judging by some of the posters here I would think it's some type of Cultural pride type posting?
The bus driver punching the woman has nothing to do with politics either?
Many other non political articles with Cultural leanings as well
Traditionally therads dealing with society, culture, and science have found a home on the Poli Board.
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sugar71
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 7:02 pm to L.A.)
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It's science related. Traditionally science threads have found a home on the Poli Board.
Because it's obvious how much respect for science the GOP & right leaning poli board has 
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| re: Mysterious 'Nazca lines' in Russia are thousands of years old (Posted on 10/13/12 at 7:08 pm to sugar71)
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Because it's obvious how much respect for science the GOP & right leaning poli board has
You lost me there.
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