Book Of Mysteries: Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets

Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets - NG special

On Sunday, Feb 21, 2010, the National Geographic Channel presented a new documentary, Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets, from Edge West Productions, directed by celebrated British documentarian Philip J. Day. This in-depth doc brings new light to the lines and the mysteries surround their construction and purpose. Recent archeological discoveries documented in the show give new insights to the people purported to have built the lines—their society, religion, practice of human sacrifice and much, much more.

Are they ancient road maps or messages for visiting aliens? Lying at the foothill of Peru's Andes Mountains is the site of one of the world's greatest mysteries. Etched, as if by giants, onto its arid, moonscape plains are immense lines that stretch for miles, forming strange shapes recognizable only from the air. Now, a team of specialists from around the globe has come to southern Peru to investigate the Nasca Lines in the hope of uncovering their secrets.

For photos, video, aerial tour and more, go to:
Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets on National Geographic and Edge West Productions >>

Nazca Lines Photos & Pictures

Nazca Lines: an ancient astronaut?

Could also be a spaceman, alien, astronomer, or Wiseman. Image Source >>

The following satellite images of Nasca plateau have been generated by

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Image Placemark Location:
longitude: -75.18786894045414, latitude: -14.72050199914096

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Three mysterious aspects to Nazca Plateau

Satellite image of the Nazca Plateau
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First, the straight lines, many kilometers long, crisscross sectors of the pampas in all directions (as shown on images above). Many of the lines appear to be random and seem to have no pattern to them.

Second, many of the lines form geometric figures: angles, triangles, bunches, spirals, rectangles, wavy lines, etc. Other lines form concentric circles converging with or emanating from a promontory. Other prints have formed "roads" like geometric planes and appear to have been occupied by large groups of the population.

Third, many lines form animal patterns.

Could these geoglyphs be effigies of ancient animal gods or patterns of constellations? Are they roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan? If so, who ordained it? It all seems so otherworldly. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every imaginable explanation - from runways for spaceships to tracks for Olympic athletes, from op art to pop art, to astronomical observatories.

It is believed that the geoglyphs were built by a people called the Nasca- but why and how they created these wonders of the world has defied explanation.

As much as the lines awe us, we marvel equally at the imagination of the people who have sought explanations for them.

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Mysterious Nazca-like "roads" near Pisco, Peru

Another strange "road" is located near Pisco in Peru.

Satellite photo of the "Band of Holes" near Pisco Valley .
Note: The location of the band of holes is highlighted brown.
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This is another strange road in the Pisco region in Peru. It is about 20m wide and goes for many miles through the desert.
It is lighter than its surroundings and marked by small craters spread apart by approximately 200m.

Go to Google Earth and follow the road. For coordinates enlarge any of the images below.

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Compare Nazca lines with Area 51 desert "drawings"

The following satellite images of the regions surrounding Area 51
are available from Google Maps [ http://maps.google.com/ ] as well as
from GoogleEarth [ http://earth.google.com ]