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El Búho
En la escarpada ladera
del mítico El Alumbral,
desde tiempo inmemorial
está tu efigie señera;
misteriosa mensajera
del pueblo que la esculpió
y que herencia nos dejó
que tu lóbrego graznido
es de la muerte el gemido
que anuncia que ya llegó.
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The Owl (El Búho)
This terraglyph is located along the northeastern side of a group of hills surrounding the "Pampa de Caña Cruz,"
in the hamlet of La Compuerta, valley of Zaña, Lambayeque, Peru. Its dimensions are 65 m by 23 m.
It is a magical and religious representation with felinic, ornithomorphic and human attributes, traceable to the Andean
Formative Period (2000-3000 years old).
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Geoglyph: A mark found in rock evidencing past geologic events.
Petroglyph: A human-made carving or inscription on rock.
Terraglyph: A human-made inscription on the Earth's surface, usually large and ancient.
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