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Marree Man: Australia's Mysterious Geoglyph Restored to Glory

11/7/2025

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The Marree Man is a two-mile-tall geoglyph in the Australian outback depicting an Aboriginal hunter, dating to May 27–June 12, 1998.
It sits 37 miles west of Marree.
By 2016 desert winds nearly erased it, and locals restored it with a Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided system and grooves.
The creator remains unknown, making it one of modern archaeology's enduring mysteries.
It joins a lineage of symbols like the Nazca Lines and Blythe Intaglios.

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Story summary

The Marree Man is a two-mile-tall geoglyph in the Australian outback depicting an Aboriginal hunter, dating to May 27–June 12, 1998.
It sits 37 miles west of Marree.
By 2016 desert winds nearly erased it, and locals restored it with a Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided system and grooves.
The creator remains unknown, making it one of modern archaeology's enduring mysteries.
It joins a lineage of symbols like the Nazca Lines and Blythe Intaglios.