Riddle in the Sands: Thousands of Strange 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in the Middle East -- Secret History -- Sott.net

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Ancient mystery: The stone wheels are thought to be 2,000 years old

Peru's Nazca Lines, the mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert centuries ago by indigenous groups, are world famous - and now thousands of similar patterns have been found in the Middle East. 

Satellite and aerial photography has revealed mysterious stone 'wheels' that are more numerous and older than the Nazca Lines in countries such as Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. 

The structures are thought to date back 2,000 years, but why they were built is baffling archaeologists and historians. 

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Hidden: Thousands of people have probably walked past the structures and not realised what they were

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Baffling: None of the Nazca Line-like patterns appear to be lined up with astronomical phenomena

'In Jordan alone we've got stone-built structures that are far more numerous than the Nazca Lines, far more extensive in the area that they cover, and far older,' David Kennedy, a professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Western Australia, told Live Science. 

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