Large Petroglyphs in Northern Kazakhstan - Linda Moulton Howe

Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world, larger than Western Europe, and extends from the Caspian Sea on the west to Mongolia on the east; from Russia in the north to Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan and China in the south. Kazakhstan was the second largest republic in Russia until the 1991 collapse of the U.S.S.R.

Kazakhstan has been inhabited for a long time and it is thought those people were the first humans to domesticate and ride horses. In fact, the name, Kazakhstan, is from an old Turkic word that meant ''independent, a free spirit''.

The Turkic peoples are a collection of ethnic groups that live in northern, eastern, central, and western Asia, northwestern China, and parts of eastern Europe and are part of the Turkic/Altaic language family.(Wikipedia)

Now in 2015, NASA has taken interest in photographing from the International Space Station unusual and very large geoglyphs discovered in the southern Kostanay region and Turgay steppes of northern Kazakhstan. More and more of the unique and mysterious geoglyphs keep being discovered and the number is now over 200. Their ages are between 3,000 and 7,000 years or older and they can only be viewed from high in the air.

             

5000 year old Cochno Stone to be 3D laser scanned in Scotland

An ancient historic site in Scotland to be revealed for the first time in 40 years to under go 3D laser scans, known as the Cochno Stone.

The Cochno Stone is a large Cup and ring market rock at Auchnacraig, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The Bronze Age stone measuring 42 feet (13 m) by 26 feet (7.9 m) was rediscovered in 1887 by the Rev. James Harvey. It features around 90 carved indentations, considered to be one of the finest sets ofpetroglyphs in Scotland.

The petroglyphs also include a ringed cross and a pair of four toed feet. Researchers are now using cutting edge 3D imaging technology to record the ancient artwork to allow them to study it in more detail.

           


Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3776301/Could-mystery-Concho-Stone-solved-Neolithic-carvings-near-Scottish-housing-estate-revealed-time-50-years.html

Tides expose newly discovered petroglyphs on Hawaii beach

The tides have revealed a gallery of petroglyphs on a beach in Hawaii that experts say have never been recorded before. The glyphs are pecked into the sandstone floor of the beach at Waianae, on the western coast of Oahu, which is typically covered with a thick blanket of sand.
But in late July, tourists arrived at the beach to find the bedrock exposed and the rock festooned with a series of human-shaped figures, their feet pointing toward the ocean.
Most of the petroglyphs are about a third of a meter (about 1 foot) tall, but at least one is 1.5 meters (5 feet) in length.


Source: http://westerndigs.org/tides-expose-newly-discovered-petroglyphs-on-hawaii-beach/