Pictures: The discovery of mysterious shapes in the Saudi and Jordanian deserts that can only be seen from space

2013-10-23 2013-10-23T13:36:09Z
عمر الدجاني
عمر الدجاني
متنبئ جوي- مسؤول قسم الأخبار الجوية

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Recent photographs taken in parts of the desert regions of Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia show scenes that scholars agree are the Arabic version of the famous &quot;Nazca Lines&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> These strange designs were found for the first time in 1927 and are known as geoglyphs, but they remained shrouded in secrecy until the spread of the Google Earth program, which explains them easily when touring closely in the regions of eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. </p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/160256.jpg" style="height:399px; width:600px" /></p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> David Kennedy, an archaeologist from the United States of America, used satellite software to take detailed snapshots of these stone structures that can only be seen clearly from an airplane or satellite.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the archaeologist, the manufacture of these designs dates back to at least 2000 years ago, and they are of a coordinated circular shape that resembles the shape of tires, and their design is frequent in places that contain volcanic stones, such as the Amman-Baghdad road east of Jordan, which is filled with basalt stones. </p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/article-2037850-0DE8CE0B00000578-20_634x409.jpg" style="height:387px; width:600px" /></p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Jordan alone contains more stone-built structures than the Nazca Lines in Peru combined.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Bedouin nomads of northern Saudi Arabia and Transjordan call these forms the &quot;work of the ancients&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Perhaps those who crossed the region over thousands of years walked on these shapes, but without noticing them, as they only appear from space.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The question that baffles scholars remains, who built these structures and designs, and what is the purpose of building them? </p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/nazca-lines-wheels.jpg" style="height:399px; width:600px" /></p><p class="rtecenter" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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