The Peruvian desert of Nazca has once again revealed one of its treasures.
While development and maintenance work was underway on the site, the silhouette of a 37 m long cat was revealed to archaeologists.
On the sides of a hill, the geoglyph was "barely visible" according to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.
“It was on the verge of disappearing because it is located on a fairly steep slope, subject to the effects of natural erosion,” said Johny Isla, responsible for the archaeologists present at the site. Older than the famous representations of the monkey or the spider, this silhouette of a cat is believed to be the work of the Paracas, a civilization that lived between 500 BC and the year 200 AD. The Nazca Lines have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
