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By dda @ 2007-01-02 12:09:18
The Atacama Giant (Gigante de Atacama) is an anthropomorphic geoglyph on the Cerro Unitas area of the Atacama Desert. It is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic figure in the world with a length of 119 m, and represented a deity for the local inhabitants from 1000 to 1400 CE.
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@ 2009-02-12 01:26:25
Incredible. I'd love to see this in person.