8 December, 2017 - 22:56 Theodoros Karasavvas
Man and Beast Depicted in Huge 2,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Revealed in Venezuela
A team of UCL researchers has announced the discovery of rock engravings spotted in Western Venezuela. According to the experts, a few petroglyphs included are some of the largest ever recorded worldwide.
The recently mapped petroglyphs, include portrayals of animals, humans and cultural rituals. As Phys Org reports , some of the engravings are considered to be around 2,000 years old. Eight groups of engraved rock art were recorded on five islands within the Rapids. According to the experts, one panel is 304m² and contains a minimum 93 individual engravings, the largest of which is many meters long. Even more impressively, another petroglyph that depicts a horned snake measures more than 30 meters in length. The researchers from the University College London mapped the petroglyphs in the Atures Rapids area of Amazonas state in Venezuela, which, according to Jesuit priests, has historically been the home of the native Adoles people.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/man-and-beast-depicted-huge-2000-year-old-petroglyphs-revealed-venezuela-021748
