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The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː / [1]) are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. [2] [3] They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. [4] There are two ...
Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann (15 May 1903 – 8 June 1998) [1] was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator.She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 [2] together with American historian Paul Kosok.
The most famous desert intaglios are the Nazca Lines in Peru. [3] The Blythe Geoglyphs or intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) were created by scraping away layers of darker rocks or pebbles to reveal a stratum of lighter-valued soil. The displaced rocks outlined the figures and the exposed soil was stamped down which makes it more difficult ...
On the day Aliens opened – 18 July 1986 – director James Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd, then a married couple, went to as many screenings as possible around Los Angeles.One at midnight ...
Statue from the late Jōmon period (1000–400 BCE) in Japan, interpreted by von Däniken as depicting an alien visitor. Von Däniken suggests that the Nazca lines (200 BCE – CE 700) in Peru could be "landing strips" for alien spacecraft. The main thesis of Chariots of the Gods is that extraterrestrial beings influenced ancient technology ...
Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) refers to a pseudoscientific set of beliefs [1] [2] [3] ... In Chariots of the Gods?, regarding the Nazca Lines, ...
Nazca Aliens January 28, 2004 ( 2004-01-28 ) An archaeologist, Professor Melanie Samson, accidentally releases an ancient civilization of aliens that has been living underneath the Nazca Lines in Peru, who want to conquer the Earth.
The radio drama directed by and starring Orson Welles, based on the book by H.G. Wells, gave Halloween eve audiences the impression that aliens were landing on earth and wreaking havoc.