Ancient Drawings
Some are made by the same culture as the nazca lines and others show unique designs predating them. Jun 22 2020 explore natalie gilbert s board ancient drawings on pinterest.
Some of the largest drawings are hundreds of feet long.
Ancient drawings. Nazca lines peru the nazca lines on the high desert plains of southern peru are enormous drawings made sometime between 900 bc and 630 ad. Massive ancient drawings found in peruvian desert armed with satellites and drones archaeologists discover new nasca lines and dozens of other enigmatic geoglyphs carved into the earth. See more ideas about ancient drawings art painting art.
Chauvet cave in the valley of the ardèche river in france is filled with paintings engravings and drawings created more than 30 000 years ago of cave lions mammoths rhinos bison cave bears and horses. In addition to ancient megafauna the cliff and cave drawings depict alligators tapirs monkeys turtles serpents and porcupines. There are many things and moments of excitement and amazement chaparro cárdenas said.
The designs cover 190 square miles and range from simple lines to curvilinear animal figures like birds monkeys and fish. They also include geometric shapes as well as everyday scenes showing people hunting and interacting with plants and trees. Archaeologists made their discovery with an exciting blend of amateur eyes combined with expert on site knowledge and exploration.
More than 50 new geoglyphs have been added to the mysterious peruvian desert carvings. It contains the earliest known cave paintings as well as other evidence of upper paleolithic life. An enormous drawing of a cat etched into the side of a hill thousands of years ago has been uncovered in peru adding another image to the country s catalogue of mystifying geoglyphs.
