Luckily, my homie Rob at The Skeptics Dictionary has...thehh
"The Nazca lines are geoglyphs and geometric line clearings in the Peruvian desert. They were made by the Nazca people, who flourished between 200 BCE and 600 CE along rivers and streams that flow from the Andes...Dark red surface stones and soil have been cleared away, exposing the lighter-colored subsoil, creating the "lines"... From the air, the "lines" include not only lines and geometric shapes, but also depictions of animals and plants in stylized forms. Some of the forms, including images of humans, grace the steep hillsides at the edge of the desert...it is unlikely spacecraft could have landed in the area without disturbing some of the artwork or the soil. There is no evidence of such disturbance."
The last line is the best because it implies that aliens were in on it. There have also been people that have theorized that is has something to do with Astrology of the time, which as ancient and not as smart as us people they certainly were capable of that-that was their "religion" per say. Others have said that it is a massive track where they had running races-as indicated by the "curvy" nature of the tracks (prob. not); while others have theorized that it is a massive aqueduct system, because after all, they do live in the desert. While anything can be possible, as skeptics we have to ask...is it probable.
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First of all, could these early Peruvians have used the lame technology of their day (did they even have shovels), using countless generations of workers (and for all intensive purposes, they were slaves-right(?)) over hundreds and hundreds of years time to build elaborate designs into the hard rock desert landscape. Yes, absolutely. Whether the workers did so voluntarily or by the encouragement of the whip, that remains to be seen.
Did they build it for running races. Mmmm, I don't think so. Could it have been a way to capture the precious water that is so, errr, precious, in the desert climate. Yyyyyeeeeeaaaaaaa, I guess, but the civil engineer that came up with the idea is totally stupid by ancient or modern standards (Why not make a lake, right), so I don't think so.
Lastly, is it a landing strip for those aliens that weirdoes keep talking about, even tho there is no evidence for aliens ever ever, and there probably will never ever ever be evidence. It seems highly unlikely to me. Just like the Loc Ness monster or Bigfoot, dontcha think that after the 100's of years looking for these things that we would have seen them by now. Didn't Carl Sagan send a message to aliens in, like, the 70's. If there were aliens dontcha think they would give a shout out to Carl "The Man" Sagan. I think so, dude was so epic.
This is the beauty os skepticism and even the scientific method. If you don't know something, that is know it with evidence and reason, hypothesis and testing, then just say that you don't know the answer. We don't have a Gawd to put in the gaps-we have to find a real answer. If anything, instead of making shit up why don't we find out together. If rather do that than say "Aliens" and offer no proof, rhyme or reason. In fact we can quote the character Jeff Spicoli for the 80's documentary Fast Times At Ridgemount High when famously answer the question from Mr Hand by saying...
"I don't know."
...and that kind gentle and very good looking readers, on this cold windy day, that is "totally awesome."
