NAZCA LINES

NAZCA lines

The Nazca lines are series of Geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in South Peru. The Nazca Lines are hundred of straight lines, geometric shapes and the images of animals and birds.

The Nazca Lines were first spotted when commercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian desert in the 1920's.

Some people say that the Nazca Lines were created by aliens. Von Däniken(1970)He argues that the
Nazca lines and figure could have been built using an aircraft. That is why there are lines look alike landing strips.
Scholars believed that the Nazca lines were created by Nasca between 400 to 650 AD.(The Nasca was the archaeological culture that flourished from 100 to 800 CE)
TIME LINE: Proto Nazca (100 BCE – CE 1)
Early Nazca (CE 1-450)
Middle Nazca (CE 450-550)
Late Nazca (CE 550-750)
Researchers said that the purpose of the Nazca lines are for the gods to look upon them from above, others said that it was for astronomical alignment that would aid in planting and harvesting crops. Others have thought that the lines are for extra-terrestrial aircraft.

The Nazca line were preserved due to the combination of the climate. It is one of the Driest on Earth, with only half an hour of rainfall per year. And the stony ground which lessen the effect of the wind at ground level.



Photos of Nazca Lines from Google: