The Nazca Lines

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The Nazca Lines

 South America » Peru » Nazca » Nazca Lines By TheTouringTexan
November 27th 2006
Andrew Stone Husmann The Nazca lines are extremely large, old formations carved into the deserts of Nazca, which have been well preserved over hundreds and thousands of years thanks to the lack of precipitation. Only recently have anthropologists come up with a likely theory as to their purpose. They think the giant formations were used for ritual processions, led by the shamans. Some of the designs are of animals, in which the community is asking for some attribute associated with that animal. The formations in which geometrical lines radiate from small hills represent rivers flowing from the distant Andes, which were the lifeline of the agrarian Nazca indians. Through dating of pottery and ice core samples on glaciers, the scientists have shown the increase in this type of design coincided with a shift in the Humbolt current, which caused a 40 yr drought. Also, designs showing alien like figures holding orbs are representative of human sacrifice, where the orbs are human heads being offered to the river, asking it to flow.

On many of the pictures I used enhancements to make the shapes easier to see.

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Photos

in the plane
Nazca, Peru

the desert, next to the river fed farmland
Nazca, Peru

geometrical shape represents river from mountain
Nazca, Peru

wave to the spaceman
Nazca, Peru

the monkey, the spiral is his tail
Nazca, Peru

the spider
Nazca, Peru

the hummingbird
Nazca, Peru

the condor
Nazca, Peru

the parrot (see relation to watchtower)
Nazca, Peru