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Huge rock engravings could be ancient borders, study suggests

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient rock engravings in what is now South America, believed to be among the largest in the world, were intended to mark the boundaries of regions inhabited by their makers, according to a new study.… Read More »

Huge rock engravings could be ancient borders, study suggests

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient rock engravings in what is now South America, believed to be among the largest in the world, were intended to mark the boundaries of regions inhabited by their makers, according to a new study.… Read More »

The thousand-year-old mystery of the giant snake seen in drawings around the world

Archaeologists have discovered one of the world’s largest collections of ancient art depicting giants and monsters walking the Earth. In a remote part of South America, a British-led research team has discovered more than a thousand prehistoric engravings, including the world’s largest specimen of prehistoric rock art. But archaeologists believe that the samples found so… Read More »