Video: 260 giant geoglyphs found in the steppes of Kazakhstan
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
The satellite captured 260 geoglyphs on the territory of Kazakhstan - giant earthen geometric figures. Scientists are still at a loss in conjecture about the origin and meaning of these signs, but they may not have enough time to study them: some of the finds have already been destroyed during construction work.
Kazakhstani geoglyphs in the Turgai region are squares, lines, crosses and rings the size of several football fields, which can only be seen from a great height. Reported by The New York Times. The approximate age of the structures is 8 thousand years.
In 2007, earth drawings were discovered by Kazakh amateur archaeologist Dmitry Dey using Google Earth. Day said that he initially looked for pyramids in Kazakhstan, but instead noticed a giant square. At first, Day thought it was the legacy of the Soviet Union, but in the process of searching, another 260 similar objects were found. In particular, one of the geoglyphs is a left-sided swastika. Artifacts of the Neolithic age 6-10 thousand years old were discovered directly at the site of the mysterious structures.
The archaeologist suggested that the drawings could serve to observe the movement of the sun, as was the case with Stonehenge in the UK and the Chanquillo Towers in Peru.
“I've never seen anything like it. This is great,”said Compton Tucker, senior fellow for biosphere research in Washington DC.
100 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period, Turgai was divided in half by an isthmus. The rich lands of the steppe were a favorite hunting ground for the tribes of the Stone Age.
Research has shown that the mound dates back to around 800 BC, making it the oldest find of its kind. Other geoglyphs date back to the Middle Ages.
Scientists have already suggested that the patterns may be associated with the Mahanjar culture, which flourished in those places in the 7th-5th centuries BC. However, scientists cannot explain the fact that the nomads stayed in one place for as long as it takes to create such gigantic structures.
Archaeologist Persis Clarkson believes that geoglyphs in Kazakhstan, Peru and Chile are changing the idea of the life of the early nomads and, consequently, of the development of a sedentary and civilized society.
As for the future of geoglyphs, archaeologists are planning to use drones to investigate them. They should hurry, however, as one site has already been destroyed during road and construction work this year. At the moment, the question is being raised about the protection of UNESCO sites.
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