Candelabra from Paracas
The Paracas candelabra is a geoglyph on the Peruvian Pacific coast .
The figure is about 180 meters high and has been sunk about half a meter into the hard sandy soil. In addition to the candelabra , other, smaller lines are also carved into the ground. It can be seen from the sea up to about 20 km away. Its time of origin was estimated with the radiocarbon method to around 200 BC. Dated. It is located on a peninsula about 200 km from the Nazca Lines .
The purpose and builder of the candelabra are unknown. This led to various speculations such as the creation by extraterrestrial intelligence or the design based on the leaves of the thorn apple as a navigation aid for seafarers who harvested them in California.
In August 2016, the drawing was damaged by young people from the nearby city of Paracas with quads and motorcycles.
Sources and web links
- ↑ a b Got under the wheels of off-road vehicles and quads: The Candelabra of Paracas , Rainer Schreg, Archaeologik, August 8, 2016
- ↑ The candelabra of the andes , Frank Joseph, Science Frontiers Online, Nov-Dec. 1995
- ^ The 'Candelabra of the Andes' , Bad Archeology
Coordinates: 13 ° 47 ′ 39.2 ″ S , 76 ° 18 ′ 31 ″ W.