I’m usually concerned about the weirdest things in this world, and as a result, I go deeper and deeper to find whatever remain as mysteries and hidden in the hands of history. Uh.. does that sound like boasting? No I guess. Ok people.. Simple! I once came across these strange ‘markings’ in The Nazca lines are a series of “geoglyphs” (that’s how they have named the shapes) located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches more than 80 km (50 miles) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, llamas and lizards.
Who actually created these lines, still remains a mystery. The lines were believed to be made by removing the iron oxide coated pebbles which cover the surface of the Nazca desert. When the gravel is removed, the lines contrast sharply with the surroundings because of the light-colored earth underneath. There are several hundred simple lines and geometric patterns on the Nazca plateau, as well as over seventy curvilinear animal, insect, and human figures.
Why the figures were built remains a persistent mystery. A leading theory is that the Nazca people's motivations were religious, that the images were constructed so that gods in the sky could see them. Kosok and Reiche advanced one of the earliest reasons given for the Nazca Lines: that they were intended to point to the places on the distant horizon where the Sun and other celestial bodies rose or set. Sounds interesting isn’t it? There are many theories about the purpose of these lines. But the actual truth still remains a mystery (This line.. you see in most of the history books I guess..So here it goes again!!)
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