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> It is incorrect to say that the lines can not be seen from the ground. They are visible from atop the surrounding foothills cool technology but the conclusio

> It is incorrect to say that the lines can not be seen from the ground. They are visible from atop the surrounding foothills cool technology but the conclusion where made from a false assumption. it still may or may not be possible that lines where drawn in such fashion, but the theory itself as exposed sits on very shaky ground.

ams6110 9y ago
IMO much more likely that the lines were drawn as some kind of worship to gods believed to live in the sky, rather than for viewing by humans floating overhead in balloons.
- LoSboccacc 9y ago
  beside plenty cultures understood how to build mega-structures to a great degree of accuracy. drawing lines is something not as common, but in the greater scope of building things larger than one can see in a single view there's plenty example. moreover, measuring and contouring fields is likely one of the first activity tribes did when they stopped being nomadic.
- clueless123 9y ago
  I think the idea of flying to see them is not the final objective.. just a mean to see the results of your works. Maria Reich (Principal investigator) found out a lot of correlation between some drawings and star constellations. She also found several straight lines aligned with key calendar days like harvest , summer & winter solstice and so on.
clueless123 9y ago
There are a few geoglyphs that can be seen from the surrounding foothills, but most are nowhere near to them. The whole area is a gigantic pampa (desertic flatland). As A kid with my parents, I drove on pickup truck with a step ladder to try to see them but,they are so large you could not really see much. How they built them is just one of the many mysteries.. The one that puzzles me the most is, why are there drawings of animals like monkeys and hummingbirds which do not live anywhere nearby.. (The closest would be the Amazon jungle, 200+ miles and 16'000 feet high mountains (The andes) in between !

ams6110 9y ago

IMO much more likely that the lines were drawn as some kind of worship to gods believed to live in the sky, rather than for viewing by humans floating overhead in balloons.

LoSboccacc 9y ago
beside plenty cultures understood how to build mega-structures to a great degree of accuracy. drawing lines is something not as common, but in the greater scope of building things larger than one can see in a single view there's plenty example. moreover, measuring and contouring fields is likely one of the first activity tribes did when they stopped being nomadic.
clueless123 9y ago
I think the idea of flying to see them is not the final objective.. just a mean to see the results of your works. Maria Reich (Principal investigator) found out a lot of correlation between some drawings and star constellations. She also found several straight lines aligned with key calendar days like harvest , summer & winter solstice and so on.

clueless123 9y ago

There are a few geoglyphs that can be seen from the surrounding foothills, but most are nowhere near to them. The whole area is a gigantic pampa (desertic flatland). As A kid with my parents, I drove on pickup truck with a step ladder to try to see them but,they are so large you could not really see much. How they built them is just one of the many mysteries.. The one that puzzles me the most is, why are there drawings of animals like monkeys and hummingbirds which do not live anywhere nearby.. (The closest would be the Amazon jungle, 200+ miles and 16'000 feet high mountains (The andes) in between !