Paracas Candelabra

The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, or El Candelabro (the Trident), is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru.^[1] Pottery found nearby has been radio carbon dated to 200 BCE, the time of the Paracas culture.^[2] The design is cut two feet (0.61 m) into the soil, with stones possibly from a later date placed around it. The figure is 600 feet (180 meters) tall, large enough to be seen 12 miles (19.3 km) at sea.^[2]

In 2016, it was designated as a national heritage site by Peru, with Peruvian law dictating a jail term of between three and six years for anyone damaging any archaeological monument.^[3]

Peruvian archaeologist Maria Reiche measured the geoglyph and found Paracas style pottery which she dated to around 200 BCE. The geoglyph is related to the Nazca lines.^[4]

• Nazca Lines

• http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/cult_archaeology/out_of_place_artefacts_13.html

13°47′40.5″S 76°18′31.31″W / 13.794583°S 76.3086972°W / -13.794583; -76.3086972

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