惟妙惟肖! 祕魯發現25幅神祕的大型地畫!

The latest line drawings discovered by archeologists in Peru show geometric figures portraying humans, apes and a whale, according to a report published in National Geographic.

根據《國家地理》雜誌上發佈的一份報告，祕魯的考古學家日前發現了多幅繪製成人、猿和鯨魚圖案的地畫。

Twenty-five images of the previously undocumented line drawings -- so-called geoglyphs, or "ground drawings" -- in Palpa province in southern Peru were taken from drones, said Peruvian archeologist Johny Isla Cuadrado.

祕魯考古學家約翰尼·斯拉·庫拉多表示，在祕魯南部的帕爾帕省，無人機拍下了25幅之前沒有記錄過的地畫。

Scientists flew the drones over the region about 30 meters above the ground, and spotted 50 geoglyphs -- 25 were unknown.

科學家們將無人機飛到了離地面30米高的地方，共發現了50處地畫線條--其中25處是未知的。

Researchers hope that documenting the newly found line art will give them new insight into the area's ancient cultures.

研究人員希望，記錄新發現的線條藝術將使他們對該地區的古代文化有新的認識。

Cuadrado said the massive drawings seem to point at "a tradition of over a thousand years that precedes the famous geoglyphs of the Nasca culture, and which opens the door to new hypotheses about its function and meaning."

庫拉多表示，這些巨大的圖畫可能要比著名的納斯卡文化地畫早一千年，這爲這些地畫的功能和意義打開了新的假設。

Archeologists believe the Palpa drawings were created by the Paracas and Topara cultures between 500 BC and 200 AD, which would make them older by many centuries than the famous Nasca lines in the neighboring Nasca Valley.

考古學家認爲，帕爾帕省的這些地畫是由帕拉卡斯和託帕拉文化在公元前500年到公元200年之間創造的，這將使他們比鄰近的納斯卡山谷中著名的納斯卡地畫更爲古老。