The #NazcaLines aren't unexplainable.
They've been partially explained by multiple archaeologists & other researchers.
The bird #geoglyphs are oriented to the #WinterSolstice.
A bird-like pattern is seen in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
#DoTheMath to #DoTheMyth.
#Eclipsology
My theory that the #NazcaLines, especially the biomorph #geoglyphs of birds, animals & plants etc., were an #AsAboveSoBelow response to a series of #TotalSolarEclipses above #Peru fits this idea that some monuments were "communal acts of memorialisation".
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#KnowledgeByte: #Geoglyphs are generally a type of land #Art, sometimes rock art or a hill figure created on a slope, so that it can be seen from a distance.
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I've been researching how ancient cultures responded to #eclipses, especially #TotalSolarEclipses, since 1992.
Ancient people built some structures & created #geoglyphs aka #EarthArt intended to be seen by their #SkyGods the Sun & Moon.
This structure may well have #SolarSymbolism built into it.
You might find my theory that the #NazcaLines, especially the biomorph geoglyphs, & even more especially the bird #geoglyphs, are a response to observations of the #TotalSolarEclipse "eye of God" above the #Nazca pampa quite plausible.
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#Eclipsology
Uncover the secrets of the Nazca Lines—giant ancient designs carved into Peru’s desert. What purpose did they serve? #HistoryMystery #NazcaLines #AncientCivilizations #Peru #Geoglyphs
"...researchers have used artificial intelligence to uncover 303 previously unknown #Nazca #geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert, nearly doubling the number of documented ancient figures etched into the arid landscape."
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The #NazcaLines, especially the pictorial #geoglyphs, were intended to be viewed from high in the sky.
Ancient people believed that the Sun & Moon were #SkyGods, but there's more to it.
A #TotalSolarEclipse looks like an "eye in the sky". . .
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#Eclipsology
📣 New Podcast! "Season 2 Episode 15 Mysterious Sites of the Ancients in America" on @Spreaker #bordertown #bordertown_paranormal #bordertown_strange #creepy #discussion #games #geoglyphs #ghost_stories #intaglios #investigation #kansas #mysterious_ancient_america #mysterious_sites #pam_and_jess
Peru orders mining operations restart in violence-hit north @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Peru #Perumining #WalterAstudillo #NazcaLines #geoglyphs
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Exactly.
Most ancient cultures believed that the Sun and Moon were #SkyGods, but then there's the additional fact that most #TotalSolarEclipses resemble the pupil and iris of an "eye of God" staring down from the sky. . .
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#NazcaLines #NascaLines #Geoglyphs
Even if the #NascaGeoglyphs served as stages for activities, this does not mean that they were not intended to be seen as "pure images" by #SkyGods too.
Many ancient cultures believed the Sun and Moon were gods.
Also...
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#Eclipsology #NazcaLines #Geoglyphs
"Sakai’s team suggests that many of the new #geoglyphs were part of ritual walkways, where individuals would walk along the lines to engage with the landscape .." #AI dailygalaxy.com/2025/04/arti...
Two hand-painted bookmarks. The top one has black line drawings of circle-based patterns (and two tiny cows) on a reddish-brown background. The othershows a grey goat with long horns facing a brown deer (without antlers, presumably female) on a more sandy yellowish background.
#ArtYear
Using my very chill holiday to make some more low-key, relaxing art. Here, bookmarks inspired by #geoglyphs at laxe das rodas and #rockpaintings at roca das moros.
As a photographer I'm inspired to know that we've been communicating with pictures for at least 100,000 years. Some of those first stories are still out there. #pictographs #peteoglyphs and #geoglyphs tell us who we are. But what's the difference between the 3?
Art is humanity's first unique invention, but what's the difference between #peteoglyphs #pictographs and #geoglyphs ? Here is a handy guide!
A composite photo of the 2001 total solar eclipse created by Wendy Carlos in collaboration with Jonathen Kern which shows the similarity of a total solar eclipse to a disembodied 'eye in the sky'.
An aerial photograph of the Uffington White Horse chalk figure geoglyph taken by Webb Aviation for 'Britain from the Air'
A captioned photo of one of the rayed sun symbols carved into Dowth's 5 millennia old 'Stone of the Seven Suns' published in TIME-LIFE books 'The Monument Builders' compares well with a scientific astronomical drawing of the 1851 total solar eclipse.
An astronomical drawing of a total solar eclipse that shows the similarity of a total solar eclipse to the pupil and iris of a disembodied 'eye in the sky'.
Thanks for responding.
I research how eclipses, especially total solar eclipses, influenced ancient humanity's religious beliefs and iconography.
#Geoglyphs that are best viewed by an 'eye in the sky' appear to be #EarthArt responses to seeing the #TotalSolarEclipse 'eye of God'.
#Eclipsology
In 2024 I databased another 200 #geoglyphs visible in 2024 satellite imagery. View thousands of #earthworks with #GoogleEarth #KMLs. Downloads:
Hundreds of Geoglyphs Discovered in the Amazon
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Aerial photos, videos, links, news
#Amazon #Archaeology #Brazil #Amazonas #Acre
The Uffington White Horse, and other ancient #geoglyphs that can only be seen in their entirety when observed from the sky, were created to be viewed by, and were and still are 'seen on the regular', the 'sky gods' known as the Sun and the Moon. Sometimes also by this 'eye in the sky'.
#Eclipsology
The Uffington White Horse is easy see in its entirety when observed from the sky.
Most ancient #geoglyphs were meant to be viewed by 'sky gods', namely the Sun and the Moon.
A #TotalSolarEclipse looks like an 'eye in the sky'.
Some ancient geoglyphs were created following total solar eclipses.
#KnowledgeByte: #Geoglyphs are generally a type of land #Art, sometimes rock art or a hill figure created on a slope, so that it can be seen from a distance.
knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-a...
From the article, "... archaeologists have documented nearly 500 geoglyphs in the Amazon ...."
I've documented 1,300 in satellite imagery.
The Art Newspaper author made lots of errors.
View the #geoglyphs using my #KML file.
Hundreds of Geoglyphs Discovered in the Amazon
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Niche post but I wanna see the Nazca Lines so bad #nazcalines #geoglyphs
Monochrome poster depicting two figures, one melting into the world, the other more angular and transparent touching the world with four slender arms. The border is decorative and the text reads “Ohhhhhhhh… Assimilate the wreckage”
Tutorial poster maybe or something
#surreal #geoglyphs #maybe #idontknowwhattocallthisstyle
12,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs Found in India May Point To a Previously Unknown Civilization https://mymodernmet #Archeology #geoglyphs
This is an aerial view of several large spirals of unknown age carved into the sandy orange surface of remote desert country, near the WA and NT border in the Johnston River area of north western Australia. These spirals are reminiscent of circular images recreated in ceremonial body paint designs, sand paintings, and traditional motifs depicted in canvas paintings by the original Central and Western Desert peoples of Australia. Due to the cluster pattern, this may be a ceremonial depiction of the Pleiades cluster in the Taurus constellation of the night sky, also an important dreaming story of the seven sisters for the Arrernte, Warlpiri and other desert kinship and language groups. Performed seasonally, ceremonial dances for big sacred dreaming stories may extend from hours into days. Google Earth Image.
Spiral Geoglyphs
‘A circle in a spiral, a wheel within a wheel
Never ending nor beginning on an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind’
- Noel Harrison
Windmills of Your Mind
#WildOz #Geoglyphs #Spirals #Desert #Culture #Australia
#GiftArticle The NYT at its reporting best. Harkens back to Erich Anton Paul von Däniken, whose pseudoscientific books made claims about extra-terrestrial influences on early human #culture.
#Geoglyphs
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/s...
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Geoglyphs are some of the world's most interesting art yet we know little about them. 👽🛸👀👇🏽
#archonialis #ufology #aliens #outerspace #ufo #uap #geoglyphs
Excellent new media added to the webpage links:
VIDEO: Watch The Uncertain Future of Ancient Geoglyphs
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Article: Fazendeiros destroem antiga civilzação na Amazônia
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#Archaeology #Amazon #Geoglyphs #Geoglifos
Collection of before/after photos illustrating and emphasizing the destruction of geoglyphs.
One of the driest places on Earth, #Chile 's Atacama Desert, attracts hundreds of racers every year - but the #offroad fun is also threatening - and destroying - #Indigenous peoples' rich #CulturalHeritage, ancient monumental #geoglyphs:
🏺 www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/s... via @nytimes.com
