Image of a cat made 2,000 years ago found in Peru

KOMPAS.com – A picture cat was relaxing painted in the Nazca Desert, one world heritage site UNESCO of Peru.

Quoted from BBC, Monday (19/10/2020), Nazca’s lines are rich in designs printed on the ground known as the name geoglyph which was made some 2,000 years ago.

As with other animal images at Nazca, the team of scientists believes pictures of cats it was made by carving the ground in the desert to reveal a colored patch of soil.

Previously, the image of a cat painted in the desert had gone unnoticed, until plans were made to build a new pathway leading to an observation platform.

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Where the platform will be a place to see geoglyph others that can be enjoyed by visitors.

“The (cat) image is almost invisible and will soon disappear as it is situated on a fairly steep slope, which is prone to the effects of natural erosion,” Peru’s Ministry of Culture said in a statement.

They also say, geoglyph which has a length of about 37 meters it has been cleaned and preserved over the past week.

Peruvian chief archaeologist for the Nazca lines, Johny Isla, says the cat predates Nazca culture.

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Where most of it geoglyph created in 200 AD to 700 AD.

According to him, the cat image actually comes from the late Paracas era, from 500 BC to 200 AD.

“We know that after comparing iconography,” said Isla.

For one thing, the image is compared to Paracas textiles.

“Parcas textile, for example, features birds, cats and human figures that can easily be compared with geoglyph this, “explained Isla.

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