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Started by Recusant, October 20, 2020, 06:15:38 AM

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Recusant

About two thousand years old, apparently. :nyancat:

"2,000-Year-Old Nazca Line Featuring Lounging Cat Found in Peru" | Smithsonian

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Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old etching of a cat carved into a hillside some 250 miles [400 km] southeast of Lima, Peru, reports Spanish news agency EFE. The feline, which measures about 120 feet [36 m] long, has wide, orb-like eyes and appears to be sunning itself.

The newly identified likeness is a Nazca Line—one of hundreds of ancient drawings created in the Peruvian desert by removing rock and soil to produce a "negative" image in the sand, writes Jason Golomb for National Geographic. Other Nazca Lines depict animals including orcas, monkeys, hummingbirds and spiders, as well as geometric shapes and humanoid figures.

Dated to between 200 and 100 B.C., the geoglyph is thought to be older than any others previously discovered in the region. Workers identified the etching while remodeling a portion of the Nazca Lines Unesco World Heritage Site, reports Tiffany May for the New York Times.

"The discovery shows, once again, the rich and varied cultural legacy of this site," says Peru's Ministry of Culture in a statement.

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Tank

Cats. Being worshipped since they allowed us to :D
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Ecurb Noselrub

Curious markings on the tail and chest area. 

xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Magdalena

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:13:43 PM
'Tis a dog.   :snooty:

It's true.

That's no cat.

--I knew it was a dog before anyone else knew.
--No one knows dogs better than I do.
--No one would have guessed that was a dog.
--Atheists are spreading fake news about dogs.
--I love dogs, they're amazing, dogs love me, ask anyone.
--My uncle is a terrific scientist; so I have the gene, and I know a dog when I see one, believe me.
--A man said to me the other day, "Sir, you are the smartest man I've ever met, if you can recognize an elephant on a test, I believe you can recognize a dog when you see one."
--I bet, 'billions and billions of dollars' --That's a dog.

--"A cat!" Unbelievable...Really!

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Asmodean

Mmh... Yeah. Ok. I still prefer that thing where there is a giant penis, around which someone has to trim the grass occasionally. There is something crudely humorous about it.

...It's in England, is it not? The Well-Endowed Hillman?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tank

Quote from: Asmodean on October 22, 2020, 09:19:42 AM
Mmh... Yeah. Ok. I still prefer that thing where there is a giant penis, around which someone has to trim the grass occasionally. There is something crudely humorous about it.

...It's in England, is it not? The Well-Endowed Hillman?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Asmodean

Ah, yes! That's the chap with the rod and the... Club.  ;D
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Bad Penny II

It doesn't look like a cat to me.

Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Asmodean

That right there. That's some sort of a overgrown Australian squirrel with an pouch, yes?  :headscratch:

...Well, the Asmo wants it.

Also, yes, that is totally the thing on the hill.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Magdalena on October 22, 2020, 02:37:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:13:43 PM
'Tis a dog.   :snooty:

It's true.

That's no cat.

--I knew it was a dog before anyone else knew.
--No one knows dogs better than I do.
--No one would have guessed that was a dog.
--Atheists are spreading fake news about dogs.
--I love dogs, they're amazing, dogs love me, ask anyone.
--My uncle is a terrific scientist; so I have the gene, and I know a dog when I see one, believe me.
--A man said to me the other day, "Sir, you are the smartest man I've ever met, if you can recognize an elephant on a test, I believe you can recognize a dog when you see one."
--I bet, 'billions and billions of dollars' --That's a dog.

--"A cat!" Unbelievable...Really!


Cats are small dogs! :P ;)
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Tank on October 22, 2020, 01:02:36 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 22, 2020, 09:19:42 AM
Mmh... Yeah. Ok. I still prefer that thing where there is a giant penis, around which someone has to trim the grass occasionally. There is something crudely humorous about it.

...It's in England, is it not? The Well-Endowed Hillman?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant

Doesn't look much different from what middle school boys draw all over their desks...
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Asmodean

I drew Tesla-esque (Nikola - not Elon) "brilliant crackpottery" of perpetual motion variety. It took me the longest time to understand hwy my system of burning hydrogen to turn a turbine to electrolyse water to burn hydrogen would ever... Stop.

Physics. It was mean to Little Asmo  :(
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Magdalena

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2020, 02:03:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 22, 2020, 02:37:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:13:43 PM
'Tis a dog.   :snooty:

It's true.

That's no cat.

--I knew it was a dog before anyone else knew.
--No one knows dogs better than I do.
--No one would have guessed that was a dog.
--Atheists are spreading fake news about dogs.
--I love dogs, they're amazing, dogs love me, ask anyone.
--My uncle is a terrific scientist; so I have the gene, and I know a dog when I see one, believe me.
--A man said to me the other day, "Sir, you are the smartest man I've ever met, if you can recognize an elephant on a test, I believe you can recognize a dog when you see one."
--I bet, 'billions and billions of dollars' --That's a dog.

--"A cat!" Unbelievable...Really!


Cats are small dogs! :P ;)

:grin:

:secrets1: By the way...
That was my Trump impression. In the science area.
:reading:

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Magdalena on October 22, 2020, 08:09:41 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2020, 02:03:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 22, 2020, 02:37:20 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:13:43 PM
'Tis a dog.   :snooty:

It's true.

That's no cat.

--I knew it was a dog before anyone else knew.
--No one knows dogs better than I do.
--No one would have guessed that was a dog.
--Atheists are spreading fake news about dogs.
--I love dogs, they're amazing, dogs love me, ask anyone.
--My uncle is a terrific scientist; so I have the gene, and I know a dog when I see one, believe me.
--A man said to me the other day, "Sir, you are the smartest man I've ever met, if you can recognize an elephant on a test, I believe you can recognize a dog when you see one."
--I bet, 'billions and billions of dollars' --That's a dog.

--"A cat!" Unbelievable...Really!


Cats are small dogs! :P ;)

:grin:

:secrets1: By the way...
That was my Trump impression. In the science area.
:reading:

:grin: It was perfect.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey