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Ancient Desert Glyphs Pointed Way To Fairgrounds

Posted by samzenpus on from the here-to-there dept.

sciencehabit (1205606) writes "Seen from above, the jagged rocks strewn about the Chincha Valley desert in Peru seem inconspicuous. But stand in the desert itself and these rocks form lines that stretch toward the horizon. Researchers have found that these lines were probably ancient signposts for the Paracas culture more than 2000 years ago, guiding people across the desert to gathering places for the winter solstice."

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  1. Logical by nowsharing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Nazca Lines Alien Conspiracy fucktards will never buy into such a simple, logically formulated theory.

    1. Re:Logical by thephydes · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That's probably because it is easier to turn your brain off and believe in aliens, than to conduct real research and produce logical conclusions from it.

    2. Re:Logical by Guido+von+Guido+II · · Score: 2

      Ok. So what do the Nazca lines point to? I'm not saying it's aliens but if you're going to talk like a bitch, you're going to get called out for it.

      Since the Paracas culture immediately preceded the Nazca culture in the same region, my first guess would be that they used them for the same purpose.