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Blythe Intaglios

Giant figures scraped into the desert pavement near Blythe, including a human figure about 50 metres long. Pilot George Palmer spotted them from the air in 1932.

1932 CE · 33.80, -114.53 · status: official

The account

Mojave and Quechan tradition connects the human figures to the creator Mastamho (or Kumastamho). They may be several hundred to a few thousand years old.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Blythe Intaglios
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