Fascinating Places: Hieroglyphs of the Gods
Long before the Wright brothers lifted their tiny plane into the heavens and flew into history, mysterious hieroglyphics and designs have adorned plateaus and hillsides all over the world.
These enormous designs can only be seen while in flight. Since their discovery, these centuries old drawings have remained a mystery. They appear in numerous locations throughout the world including Egypt, Malta, Chile, Bolivia and even in the United States.
The Nazca Lines of Peru are the most famous of these lines and can be found on a fifty three mile long plateau. The designs were first noted and recorded by the conquistador chronicler Pedro de Cieza de León in 1547. These huge hieroglyphics are thought to be from ancient gods, a landing strip of aliens or even a celestial calendar.
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These lines are an eternal enigma. They stretch out across the plains of Peru like a huge map. These mysterious lines were created sometime between 200 BC and 600 AD. Some believe they are an ancient calendar and have been able to show that they were placed in such a way that they can even track the changing positions of the yearly equinoxes.
The Nazca Lines of Peru
The owl man overlooks the other Nazca drawings. His arm points skyward with the other points to the ground as if he is bearing a message. These pictures are best seen when the sun is low in the sky so the shadows highlight the drawings.
American photographer Marilyn Bridges was intrigued by these mysterious pictures and is a master of the art of capturing the Nazca Lines. In the late 1970’s, she went on to shoot the world’s most extraordinary images of these mysterious lines.
Her methods of photography can only be considered hair raising. To get these terrific shots, she would hang herself out of the door while the plane she was riding in did a turn in order to get the wheels out of the picture.
The biggest mystery of all is that we may never know why or for whom the ground dwellers of the Nazca plateau or in Briton’s hills created these magical drawings.
Here are some more of the Fascinating Places series by Bren Parks:
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Patrick Bernauw
On January 14, 2009 at 4:46 am
Really great & fascinating stuff! Makes you wonder & dream!
denus
On January 14, 2009 at 4:59 am
great stuff bren,
keep up the good work.
cheers
Mys Lyke Meeh
On January 14, 2009 at 6:54 am
that was unique and speaks about originality!
Dendro Azures
On January 14, 2009 at 9:05 am
Nice article. These have always amazed and interested me.
Westbrook
On January 14, 2009 at 10:51 am
I wonder if we will ever know the true source and purpose of these images. Just getting them done back in the days we believe they occurred is as much a mystery as to how the pyramids in Egypt were built.
Emma C S
On January 14, 2009 at 11:01 am
Nice. The Nazca Lines are fascinating.
Darren Goad
On January 14, 2009 at 11:35 am
No mystery at all… the second one is actually my dog. No really, interesting stuff.
Deb Mann
On January 14, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I love your article and am very familiar with its contents. Simply fascinating and truly mystery as is the Pyramids, Stonehenge, Temples, African ruins and crop circles, all of which are our greatest mysteries.
Lisa Clayton Williams
On January 14, 2009 at 1:25 pm
More interesting info Bren! Thanks!
Betty Carew
On January 14, 2009 at 3:03 pm
great article. i love articles like this. love the pics to. great write bren.
Ricky John
On January 14, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Who made them, how and why, we may never know. Nice article.
Yovita Siswati
On January 15, 2009 at 4:02 am
Great work! I love this article and the picture too!
marylou
On January 15, 2009 at 6:51 pm
so mysterious. makes one think of a Higher One up there.
RJ Evans
On January 17, 2009 at 9:15 am
Love these!
eddiego65
On January 17, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Great work! Fascinating stuff.
Unofre Pili
On January 18, 2009 at 7:19 pm
An intriguing stuff. I like subjects like this.
maranatha
On January 23, 2009 at 11:25 am
Bridges sound like I would like her! These photos are awesome, hank you for sharing.
curious
On January 24, 2009 at 10:25 am
what are the coordinates for google earth?
Liane Schmidt
On February 13, 2009 at 12:28 am
Incredible – nice article!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
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