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Naprisun t1_j0a74u2 wrote

They couldn’t give us a few pictures?

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veryfancycoffee t1_j0ab5sd wrote

Scientists find 200 images that are super interesting! Proceeds to show one.

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stunna006 t1_j0abft1 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#934,094)

geoglyphs, that were etched into the soil by the Indigenous peoples who lived in this area between 2,500 and 1,500 years ago.

Seems like that would mean they couldn't be more recent than 1500 years ago

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Lokkeduen90 t1_j0b5gzw wrote

Replying to Lokkeduen90 (#935,371)

I wonder why AmputatorBot is banned on r/history!?

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themastersmb t1_j0bd39b wrote

This will inspire 168 new ancient Pokemon.

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Lebrons_fake_breasts t1_j0bkajn wrote

I'm just left wondering: did a vehicle come from somewhere out there just to land in the Andes? Was it round? Did it have a motor, or something different?

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gdo01 t1_j0bmi45 wrote

Replying to WhoRoger (#935,388)

As a Miami resident, don’t post Miami Herald links unless you warn people to use the same workarounds you need to use when you open a New York Times article (for example, reader mode in safari)

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WhoRoger t1_j0bnbgp wrote

Replying to gdo01 (#936,223)

I only pasted what AmputatorBot showed me. Both links work for me fine, I know nothing about Miami or MH, but I know amp links are cancer.

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LetMeInStacy t1_j0c0mhh wrote

Future civilization looking at graffiti...."interesting".

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johnn48 t1_j0c1ssm wrote

Between Paywalls and Google Amp it’s frustrating to see an intriguing article and be unable to read or post. We have to assume the headlines are accurate and not misleading.

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vinetwiner t1_j0c7mcm wrote

That picture is comically bad. Were 3 year olds their geoglyph designers?

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A1CST t1_j0ca8jt wrote

168... we have GPS, satellite imaging now and for the past 20+ years and your telling me they JUST found them. Were they even looking? These things are huge!

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MarbyRedChainSmoker t1_j0cbc18 wrote

This drawing is incredibly racist. Did they have contact with Africa, cuz it looks like a really racist drawing of an African.

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parkalever t1_j0cbejn wrote

Replying to LetMeInStacy (#936,962)

Graffiti is by far my favorite aspect of archaeology! It’s one of the few things that offers a glimpse into the lives of the average person rather than politicians or military figures.

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Penkala89 t1_j0cbhd5 wrote

Replying to A1CST (#937,351)

Though there are some famously large geoglyphs, most of the ones in this article were relatively small (10-20ft across).

And the desert is also just ... Huge. As a challenge/demonstration, go to Google Earth/Google Maps, go to the first location that pops up for the Nazca Lines and see how long it takes you to find them/how many you can find.

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1320Fastback t1_j0cc206 wrote

eli5 how these were not seen by airplanes, satellite or other ways until now?

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mancow66 t1_j0ccyv3 wrote

If you didn’t read the article one of them is definitely the Simpsons, which would indicate that the ancient Peruvians did indeed predicted the Simpsons.

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Kody_Z t1_j0czebi wrote

The "human and abstract swirl" looks like a thought bubble

Ancients drew comics, confirmed?

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Kody_Z t1_j0czsis wrote

Replying to MarbyRedChainSmoker (#937,409)

I hope you're being sarcastic.

Otherwise if the first thing you see when you look at a goofy, ancient picture of a human drawn in the dirt is "wow that looks like a racist drawing of an African". . . That means You are the racist, my friend.

Same with people who see orcs in various fantasy settings and think "orcs are like black people".

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lostsailorlivefree t1_j0d2yxb wrote

I kinda “got” something, after being mystified for years on the giant Nazca pictoglyphs. After learning there were small ones, 12’ easily viewed just standing there, someone said “our gods might like this, we’re pretty stoked, they might be too!”. So they basically enlarged a few just by imagining and… there ya go. The big mystery being “why so big and only viewable by air”. Well, they just made small into big.

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l3rN t1_j0d69tr wrote

Replying to Roundaboutsix (#936,760)

In iOS you click the little "Aa" next to the address bar and it's one of the options in the drop down menu. Idk how it works on Mac but I'd be surprised if it's not something similar

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Rekmor t1_j0dcqwo wrote

How long until Greenpeace goes and screws them up.

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Glendel66 t1_j0doi5g wrote

So, I was glancing at the titles and I had to double take as I was skipping by this one because I read it to say "Found 168 More Action Figures Etched ......"

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uhhhhhhhyeah t1_j0dq30f wrote

Replying to 1320Fastback (#937,449)

Some are “faded” and damaged, some are in places they weren’t expecting, like sides of hills instead of desert floor. If you get PBS, Nova has a recent special out about it. The science involved in finding them is really cool.

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L938 t1_j0dsyy7 wrote

why did I immediately think of Poptropica

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Johnny_Leon t1_j0dv1wq wrote

I’m actually surprised this stuff is still being found, you’d think with planes and helicopters, it would’ve been seen already.

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thinkB4WeSpeak t1_j0k5mkw wrote

Probably even more if erosion and mother nature hadn't go to them.

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Buffalo_wander t1_j0tcish wrote

But they didn’t need to create any of those if they couldn’t see above their own heads?

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