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In an isolated valley, high in the Andes Mountains of Central Peru, dozens of
lines have been waiting thousands of years to be discovered. But what sets these
lines apart from many other anthropoligical etchings is that they can only be
truly appreciated from an airborne perspective ! Presum..."
In an isolated valley, high in the Andes Mountains of Central Peru, dozens of
lines have been waiting thousands of years to be discovered. But what sets these
lines apart from many other anthropoligical etchings is that they can only be
truly appreciated from an airborne perspective ! Presumed to be left behind by
some Ancient Civilization (possibly Atlantis), many designs resemble our modern
landing strips, or depict various animals that correspond to major
Constellations ~ and one looks just like an astronaut !
The Nazca Plateau: Where Human History
Touches the Sky ! Perhaps this century's most amazing tangible discovery and our
contribution to science is a freeway running through it ! Lines in the Sand
The mysterious Nazca Lines, viewable only from
high in the air, were drawn into the valley floor, perhaps many millennia ago,
by people who had at least learned how to fly, if not voyage into orbit or
even outer space. The designs range from abstract shapes, runway like
trapezoids and long, narrow triangles to colossal images of various animals
including 18 different kinds of birds, a monkey, a spider, a whale, fish,
lizards (some of which have been found to conform to various bright and
familiar constellations) ~ and a curious figure known as "The Astronaut" which
really resembles little else. So although proper perspective could have been
obtained from less technological devices, like a hang glider or a hot air
balloon, the original artists had to have known what a space suit is.
Modern Science to the Rescue:
Maria Reiche, the German mathematician famous
for having studied the lines, felt it was unlikely that the runways were used
by extraterrestrials."I'm afraid the spacemen would have gotten stuck,"
she said. She devoted almost her entire life to the investigation and analysis
of the Nazca Lines (living there almost continuously from before World War II
until her death just a few years ago), and was instrumental in the early
research. Ironically, no one knew what to make of the Astronaut figure, until
she was an old woman, and Humans began to make their way out into space again.
A local legend, there are memorials of her in Lima, Peru (she even has an
airport named after her) ~ and the Peruvian government has begun to take
serious financial (tourism), if not historical, interest in the site. Today
there is a guard posted, and a one million dollar fine imposed for any
vandalism of the lines...
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In an isolated valley, high in the Andes Mountains of Central Peru, dozens of
lines have been waiting thousands of years to be discovered. But what sets these
lines apart from many other anthropoligical etchings is that they can only be
truly appreciated from an airborne perspective ! Presumed to be left behind by
some Ancient Civilization (possibly Atlantis), many designs resemble our modern
landing strips, or depict various animals that correspond to major
Constellations ~ and on...Aerial photos show damage to Peru's Nazca Lines
Peru's ancient spiral-tailed monkey is losing its tail. Extensive high-resolution aerial photos of the famed Nazca Lines taken by Peru's air force showed destruction Thursday that conservationists have long feared. Tire tracks and disregard for the site are irreparably scarring the mysterious lines and animal figures that a pre-Columbian civilization etched into a 56-kilometre stretch of Peru's southern desert centuries ago. In the first comprehensiveaerial photos taken by Peru'...Archaeologist finds ancient Nasca iron ore mine
A purdue university archaeologist discovered an intact ancient iron ore mine in South America that shows how civilizations before the Inca Empire were mining this valuable ore. "Archaeologists know people in the Old and New worlds have mined minerals for thousands and thousands of years," said Kevin J. Vaughn, an assistant professor of anthropology who studies the Nasca civilization, which existed from A.D. 1 to A.D. 750. "Iron mining in the Old World, specifically in Africa, goes back 40,000 ye...Heavy rains alter Peru's famed Nazca Lines
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers. The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, but there are no similar patterns elsewhere, and the type of the animal remains unclear.The discovery marks the first time since the 1980s that a picture other than a geometrical pattern has...Peru's Nazca lines under threat
A tiny, hand-painted sign mounted on a flimsy barbed wire fence warns visitors to Peru's Nazca lines: "No entry. Area off-limits." It's not much of a deterrent. The latest threat to the vast U.N. World Heritage site where the enigmatic shapes and lines, stylized figures of birds and animals were etched in the desert some 2,000 years ago, is a camp of around 30 shacks that appeared in August. The rudimentary straw-matting huts are pitched in the dry earth on the fringe of a prot...Nazca photographs deepen mystery
The Nazca Lines have been a source of mystery and dispute since their discovery in southern Peru nearly a century ago. So why should the latest find be any different? Japanese enthusiasts recently released new aerial photographs of figures etched in the ground of the Nazca region, adding a fresh dollop of wonder to the giant geometric patterns and animal drawings that scientists say the Nazca Indians created as many as 2,000 years ago. Peruvian officials expressed excitement about the announceme...Priests may have designed Nazca lines
High priests at an ancient religious compound in southern Peru may have designed the mysterious Nazca lines, a set of huge geometric patterns, animal figures and long lines etched in the desert, the area's top archaeologist said. Researchers say the Cahua-chi compound, built in 400 B.C., is just across the Nazca Valley from the lines, one of Peru's most popular tourist attractions and a U.N. World Heritage site. "It islogical to think that the Nazca people's religious beliefs or...The Greatest scratch pad on Earth
In the hot hazy
desert of southwest Peru, couched between the Andes Mountains and the Peruvian
coast, lies what many have called one of the most baffling enigmas of
archeology. Huge geometric patterns and spirals, animal figures including a
monkey, aspider and an 'owl man', and thousands of perfectly straight lines are
immaculately etched onto the desert's surface. . The last of them were drawn about
a thousand years ago. Known as the Nazca lines, the drawings h...Peruvian desert a perfect tableau for Nazcan 'Artists'
The Nazca lines
aren't the only geoglyphs in the world. The tradition of drawing figures on the
ground spans thepacific coastal desert areas from central California to
northern Chile. . The drawings at Nazca, however, are unique because they are so
large and so densely packed within a 500 square kilometre area in southwest
Peru. Straight lines that go on for hundreds of kilometres, only swerving out by
a few degrees, huge trapezoids and spirals, and animal figures, some o...
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In an isolated valley, high in the Andes Mountains of Central Peru, dozens of
lines have been waiting thousands of years to be discovered. But what sets these
lines apart from many other anthropoligical etchings is that they can only be
truly appreciated from an airborne perspective ! Presumed to be left behind by
some Ancient Civilization (possibly Atlantis), many designs resemble our modern
landing strips, or depict various animals that correspond to major
Constellations ~ and one looks just like an astronaut ! 
Aerial photos show damage to Peru's Nazca Lines
Archaeologist finds ancient Nasca iron ore mine
Heavy rains alter Peru's famed Nazca Lines
New Nazca line picture discovered
