So in 15th century Spaniards found white lines drew on ground in Peru on the desert. Some of these lanes run straight for kilometers (up to 40), some create geometric figures and some form 70 images of animals, plants and humans. The images reach 360 meters in length. Back in 15th century Spanish people didn't see anything special about them, unless they looked from a hill. Authors of these drawings are native people from Nazca city, who probably made them about 2000 years ago. They removed rocks and earth to create something like a negative image so that the area without ground and rock is forming what we see in Nazca today. Location of the drawings is vital for their preservation, because Nazca Desert is the driest place on Earth. The wind doesn't blow much there, either. Purpose of so called Nazca Lines remains uncertain. Only after the plane was invented, people could fully admire their beauty and complexity. Every figure is impressive, but the spider is the most interesting and I will reveal why, in the next post.
Just to clarify: does the ground stripped of stones and soil form the background or the lines?
OdpowiedzUsuńNo, the lines we see are light because sand is brighter below surface
UsuńTo create such large and shapely drawings on the sand 2000 years ago, it is impressive, because they couldn't use such devices, even if we have today.
OdpowiedzUsuńIt's really impressive how they managed to do it with out looking at it from above and I don't think we will ever know how it happened for real. Some will of course say that they were made by aliens but the same thing goes piramids. I just think people then were smarter than we think.
OdpowiedzUsuńA very reasonable conclusion.
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