nasca lines and the Incas

Nasca Lines

I have always been fascinated by the lines down in the Nasca valley in Peru. Discouvered in 1927 by Peruvian archaeologist Toribio Mejia Xesspe.  Located about 400 km south of Lima, Peru nestled in the mountains roughly 50 square miles in diameter.  Numerous pictograghs roughly 70, including birds, spiders, dogs, cats, snakes, moneys, fish, and sharks and of course there is  the giant. 











The Giant as they call it.  the strange thing is that some of these pictographs can be seen from surrounding mountains, the only way the whole valley can come together and be seen is from the air.  why?
 The Nasca peoples thought to be the forebearers of the incas.  the Site at Nasca is belives to be very important for the religion of the peoples.  The staright lines are said to be set to chart the course of the sun throught the year.  the swirly lines are meant to represent water, and all of the pictrographs are ment to give fertility to the land.

Incas

 The Incan Civilization which was made up from eight different minor civilizations.  Deep in the andies Mountains in peru set some of the most impressive ruins around the world.

Most of the ruins the Incans left are on tops of the Mountains of the region.  The most important is Macho Picchu,  located near the present town of Cusco.

Two different forms of construction are present in most incan towns.  One is a simple building formed from mud bricks and thatched roofs.  The Second and most curious is are the granite structures.  these structure are built by granite blocks some of them weighing more than a ton.  These blocks cut so precise that they sit together with out any mortor.  also these structures were created to with stand the effects of the most stongest earth quakes.  I find it hard to believe that a civilization that had only stone and copper tools could carve blocks so precise, and transport them many miles plus up the side of a mountain only to be placed so securely that a human hair couldn't pass between the stones.