The two distinctly tremendous figures, titled Boha 1 and Boha 2, respectively, depict “a giant spiral adjacent to an atypical serpent shaped drawing” connected together “with a cluster of sinuous lines.” Using drone technology and data collected in the field “the exceptional character of the graphic patterns near the village of Boha” were revealed. Ancient Geoglyphs of Kazakhstan: The Mysterious Markings in Danger of Destructionīut the Thar Desert geoglyphs are so immense that their creators were unlikely themselves to have ever gotten a full picture of the entire art landscapes they made, according to Science Alert.Ten Amazing and Mysterious Geoglyphs from the Ancient World.The Nazca lines in Peru (500 BC – 500 AD) are the world’s most famous geoglyphs. Geoglyphs are land or rock art motifs, which are very large and generally bigger than 4.4 yards (4 meters). (Carlo Oetheimer and Yohann Oetheimer / Archaeological Research in Asia ) The Immense Thar Desert Geoglyphs: Found With Drones The previous record was held by “The Marree Man” in Australia, which is 4,200 meters (2.6 miles) long, but the discovery in the Thar Desert covers an area of 100,000 square meters, easily surpassing all prior records.Īn aerial view of one section of the immense Thar Desert geoglyphs in the desert of Rajasthan, India. "So far, these geoglyphs, the largest discovered worldwide and for the first time in the Indian subcontinent, are also unique as regards their enigmatic signs,” Carlo and Yohann Oetheimer write in their study published in the journal Archaeological Research in Asia. The clear-cut geometrical lines and arranged motifs of the Thar Desert geoglyphs are now the largest ever graphical depictions by humans in the world! Two independent researchers from France conducted a meticulous survey of the desert using Google Earth and drones leading to the identification of 8 Thar Desert geoglyph sites in the Jaisalmer district. The Thar Desert, or the Great Indian Desert, is a part of India’s national heritage, located in the western state of Rajasthan, spread over a whopping 77,220 square miles (200,000 square kilometers).
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