Nazca!
The Enigmatic Lines of the Nazca Pampa
© Kathy Doore for Labyrinthina.com
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Was there a plan, a purpose to the enormous sweep of swirls and spirals and geometric shapes that make up the Nazca plain? The enigma of the Nazca lines has been called one of the most baffling in all archaeology, shrouded in myth and mystery. Explore the mystery as we reveal the ancient magic of the Nazca lines and the enigmatic "Stones of Ica", an ancient carved stone record of a vanished civilization!
Is there meaning in the maze? The Ancients of the Nazca Plains breathed life into the parched Peruvian wasteland with incredible indelible artworks created across hundreds of square miles of the desert surface. Their canvas called the Pampa Colorada meaning Red Plain for the reddish-brown stones that characterize its surface, is a plateau 37 miles long and l5 miles wide - a huge chalkboard. On it is etched works of monumental proportion, a montage of geometric formations called “geoglyphs” with whimsical portrayals of animals, birds, and human forms in astronomical alignments, star-maps, and labyrinths! Neither carved nor painted these images represent artistry of another medium - by clearing away the dark, rust-colored surface stones and exposing the light-colored sub-soil beneath, marvelous patterns were created in the contrasting soil.
We see lines everywhere!
Runways, and thousands of criss-crossing, zig-zagging, radiating, oscillating, and parallel lines ranging in widths from six inches to over six feet in every direction! Some extend as far as six miles continuing ever-straight and unbroken over valleys and hills! Figures of fanciful birds - l8 different kinds creating a veritable aviary in the mixed menagerie that prowls the pampa. The giant curly tailed monkey would fill a football stadium. The long lizard is twice the monkeys length. And the spider, small by comparison, covers 150’ of the desert floor and is believed by some to represent an alignment to the constellation of Orion!Agriculture was the center of Nazca life and everything seemed to flow from it. The Lines themselves may have been built for that purpose, intended for rituals, to insure crop fertility, predict the seasons, and align with the stars. Although the Nazca civilization flourished between 200 B.C. and 600 A.D. no one really knows the origins of the ancient designers of the Nazca Lines. These markings on the vast plateau are enduring monuments to the creative ingenuity of the ancients.
Geoglyph Gallery
Dog and Hummingbird
Condor Bird
Spider and Parrot
Nazca Lines Monkey (left) Ica Stone (right)
Above - Ancient Ica Stone depicting Nazca Lines Heron
Below - 900' Heron Geoglyph, Nazca Pampa.
Nazca Gallery Continued
Ica Stones
- From the best-selling author of Chariots of the Gods, Von Daniken returns to the location of his greatest success, the plains of Nazca where he flies over the strangest of archaeological mysteries and wonders at the mile long landing strips, the curious etchings, and a never before photographed gigantic geometrical design which we have featured in our article "An Enigma in the Nazca Palpa". Large section on the Ica Stones of Peru and an interview with the late Dr. Javier Cabrera, curator of the Ica Stone Museum; many photos of the Ica Stones and Nazca Lines. For more on Nazca read our online story The Trilogy.
"Arrival of the Gods - Revealing the Alien Landing Sites of Nazca"
Erich von Daniken
Nazca Gallery Continued
Ica Stones
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