THE NAZCA LINES
The Nazca Lines are an engima. No one has proof who built them or why. Since their discovery, the Nazca Lines have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar created by the ancient Nazca civilization

 

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Monkey
Google Earth coordinates: 14º42'26.66" S - 75º08'20.38"O




Astronaut
Google Earth coordinates: 14º44'42.79" S - 75º04'47.08"O

Spider
Google Earth coordinates: 14º41'39.63" S - 75º07'21.72"O



Parrot
Google Earth coordinates: 14º41'23.60" S - 75º06'29.41"O




Hummingbird
Google Earth coordinates: 14º41'32.18" S - 75º08'57.05"O



CAHUACHI - was a major ceremonial center of the Nazca culture


Cahuachi / Google Earth coordinates:14º 49' 06.49"S - 75º07'01.05"O

Cahuachi, in Peru, was a major ceremonial center of the Nazca culture and overlooked some of the Nazca lines from 1 CE to about 500 CE. Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici has been excavating the site for the past few decades, bringing a team down every year. The site contains over 40 mounds topped with adobe structures. It is a huge architectural complex covering 0.6 sq. miles (1.5 sq. km). It has also been studied by Helaine Silverman, who has written a book on Cahuachi. The permanent population was quite small, but it was apparently a pilgrimage center that grew greatly in population for major ceremonial events. These events probably involved the Nazca lines and the giant sand dune of Nazca. Support for the pilgrimage theory comes from archaeological evidence of sparse population at Cahuachi and from the Nazca lines themselves which show creatures such as orca and monkeys which were not present in the Nazca region. Of course, trade or travel may explain the images. Due to the dry climate the finds are quite rich and include even such ephemeral material as clothing. Looting is the greatest problem facing the site today. Most of the burial sites surrounding Cahuachi were not known until recently and so present a very tempting target. It was once thought to be the mighty capital of the Nazca state. New research has suggested that 40 of the mounds were actually natural hills modified to appear as artificial constructions.

     


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