Large drawings in the desert in South America. Who drew them? Why? How? What do they represent? Are some ancient landing strips? An ancient mystery explored.
2. Basic Facts:
They’re a group of geoglyphs (lines made in the
ground) in the Nazca Desert in Peru.
They were made some time between
500 BC and 500 AD.
They were made by removing the red pebbles on
the surface of the Nazca Plain to a depth of 4 to 6
inches, revealing the white ground underneath.
NAZCA LINES
3. Basic Facts:
They cover a large area, roughly 170 square miles
(450 square kilometers).
Because the weather is so dry there, they’ve been
well-preserved.
Some represent over 70 of creatures such as birds,
fish, monkeys, jaguars, etc.
Other are of plants and trees.
Other shapes are geometric, including straight
lines.
NAZCA LINES
4. Basic Facts:
Contrary to popular
belief, they can be
seen from the ground
on the surrounding
hills. But they can also
be seen in satellite
images.
NAZCA LINES
5. Why were they built?
There are numerous theories.
One is that they were drawn to be seen by the
Gods of the Nazca people.
Another is that they are part of a kind of
observatory, pointing at places on the horizon to be
watched, although there is insufficient evidence to
support this.
Perhaps they were drawn as a plea to the Gods to
bring water to this arid place?
NAZCA LINES
12. There are also grids and lines, which some call ley
lines.
NAZCA LINES
13. Then there are lines that inspire the imagination.
A landing strip?
NAZCA LINES
14. Of course, there are those who postulate other
theories about the purpose of the lines and who
made them.
Some say they were made by ancient aliens.
Or perhaps they are ley lines and control some sort
of power from inside the Earth itself?
NAZCA LINES
15. I’ve used the Nazca lines in some of my books,
particularly in Atlantis Gate.
NAZCA LINES
17. The Atlantis Series
“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your
seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call
it just terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY
Times Bestselling author of the Shannara series and
Star Wars Phantom Menace
18. New York Times bestselling author, is a graduate of West Point and former
Green Beret. He’s had over 80 books published, including the #1
bestselling series Green Berets, Time Patrol, Area 51, and Atlantis. He’s
sold over 5 million books. He was born in the Bronx and has traveled the
world. He’s lived on an island off the east coast, an island off the west
coast, in the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains and other places,
including time in East Asia studying martial arts.
He now lives peacefully with his wife and dogs.
www.bobmayer.com
Editor's Notes
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