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The Nazca Lines
and the
"Eye in the Sky"
How Total Solar Eclipses Inspired
the Nazca Lines & Geoglyphs
copyright 1996/2000, Robin Edgar
Nazca Geoglyphs and the Eclipse - "Eye in the Sky" that Inspired Them
"While Nasca's trapezoids and lines seem to exhibit some organization, the large drawings of animals and plants defy all explanation." Noted archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni - in Archaeology magazine May/June 2000
The ancient Nazca culture of southern Peru is probably most renowned for the mysterious lines and geoglyphs that it inscribed on the high desert plain in the region of Nazca, beginning over two millennia ago. These imposing lines, which extend for
hundreds of metres, and monumental images of birds, spiders, monkeys, fish, flowers or rosettes and other natural forms are best seen by eyes that are high above them in the sky. It is in fact very difficult, indeed in most cases quite impossible, to properly view these extensive lines and prodigious geoglyphs from ground level. Modern archaeologists only rediscovered these ancient geoglyphs after commercial pilots who had flown over them in the late 1930's reported their existence.
What phenomenon could possibly have inspired the ancient Nazca Indians to create these tremendous works of art, most of which are invisible to human eyes that are not airborne? Numerous, and quite diverse, theories have been advanced in an
effort to explain the reason for the construction of these gigantic lines and geoglyphs. These theories range from the comparatively conservative theories of modern archaeologists to Erik von Daniken's original, but highly controversial, proposal that
the lines of Nazca were landing strips for ancient visitors from outer space while the geoglyphs served as signals to these space alien 'gods'. Ironically, but perhaps not
surprisingly, it is this latter 'hypothesis' that was in fact quite instrumental in bringing the existence of the mysterious Nazca Lines to widespread public attention.
One theorist even proposed that the Nazca Indians were able to construct primitive hot air balloons from which they could observe the lines and animal figures. This theorist actually succeeded in building and launching a hot air balloon, Condor I,
which was constructed from basic materials that are believed to have been available to the ancient Nazca Indians. Even if this theory is not just a lot of 'hot air' it does not in any way decipher the meaning and significance of the massive lines and figures,
nor does it provide any reason as to why they were constructed in the first place.
I am proposing that the ancient Nazca Indians who constructed these mysterious lines and spectacular geoglyphs in the desert of southern Peru most probably never actually viewed them. Indeed, I have good reason to doubt that the Nazca geoglyphs
were ever intended to be observed by human eyes, or the alien eyes of "ancient astronauts" for that matter. On the contrary the Nazca lines were most likely intended to be viewed solely by the eyes of the sky dwelling gods that the Nazca Indians quite
evidently believed in. The Nazca Lines, and more particularly the wonderful animal geoglyphs, are certainly ancient religious art. The geoglyphs served not only as an impressive offering of art honouring these sky dwelling gods but very possibly were
even intended to be 'signals' to these sky gods in an effort to communicate with them.
http://nazcalines.homestead.com/files/nazcaeye.htm
The Nazca Lines
and the
"Eye in the Sky"
How Total Solar Eclipses Inspired
the Nazca Lines & Geoglyphs
copyright 1996/2000, Robin Edgar
Nazca Geoglyphs and the Eclipse - "Eye in the Sky" that Inspired Them
"While Nasca's trapezoids and lines seem to exhibit some organization, the large drawings of animals and plants defy all explanation." Noted archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni - in Archaeology magazine May/June 2000
The ancient Nazca culture of southern Peru is probably most renowned for the mysterious lines and geoglyphs that it inscribed on the high desert plain in the region of Nazca, beginning over two millennia ago. These imposing lines, which extend for
hundreds of metres, and monumental images of birds, spiders, monkeys, fish, flowers or rosettes and other natural forms are best seen by eyes that are high above them in the sky. It is in fact very difficult, indeed in most cases quite impossible, to properly view these extensive lines and prodigious geoglyphs from ground level. Modern archaeologists only rediscovered these ancient geoglyphs after commercial pilots who had flown over them in the late 1930's reported their existence.
What phenomenon could possibly have inspired the ancient Nazca Indians to create these tremendous works of art, most of which are invisible to human eyes that are not airborne? Numerous, and quite diverse, theories have been advanced in an
effort to explain the reason for the construction of these gigantic lines and geoglyphs. These theories range from the comparatively conservative theories of modern archaeologists to Erik von Daniken's original, but highly controversial, proposal that
the lines of Nazca were landing strips for ancient visitors from outer space while the geoglyphs served as signals to these space alien 'gods'. Ironically, but perhaps not
surprisingly, it is this latter 'hypothesis' that was in fact quite instrumental in bringing the existence of the mysterious Nazca Lines to widespread public attention.
One theorist even proposed that the Nazca Indians were able to construct primitive hot air balloons from which they could observe the lines and animal figures. This theorist actually succeeded in building and launching a hot air balloon, Condor I,
which was constructed from basic materials that are believed to have been available to the ancient Nazca Indians. Even if this theory is not just a lot of 'hot air' it does not in any way decipher the meaning and significance of the massive lines and figures,
nor does it provide any reason as to why they were constructed in the first place.
I am proposing that the ancient Nazca Indians who constructed these mysterious lines and spectacular geoglyphs in the desert of southern Peru most probably never actually viewed them. Indeed, I have good reason to doubt that the Nazca geoglyphs
were ever intended to be observed by human eyes, or the alien eyes of "ancient astronauts" for that matter. On the contrary the Nazca lines were most likely intended to be viewed solely by the eyes of the sky dwelling gods that the Nazca Indians quite
evidently believed in. The Nazca Lines, and more particularly the wonderful animal geoglyphs, are certainly ancient religious art. The geoglyphs served not only as an impressive offering of art honouring these sky dwelling gods but very possibly were
even intended to be 'signals' to these sky gods in an effort to communicate with them.