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The Ancient Peruvian Mystery Solved From Space [Nazca puquios]
BBC ^ | April 8, 2016 | William Park

Posted on 05/03/2016 2:23:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

In one of the most arid regions in the world a series of carefully constructed, spiralling holes form lines across the landscape. Known as puquios, their origin has been a puzzle -- one that could only be solved from space.

The holes are from the Nasca region of Peru -- an area famous for the Nasca lines, several enormous geometric images carved into the landscape; immaculate archaeological evidence of ceremonial burials; and the rapid decline of this once flourishing society.

What adds to the intrigue in the native ancient people of Nasca is how they were able to survive in an area where droughts can last for years at a time.

The puquios were a "sophisticated hydraulic system constructed to retrieve water from underground aquifers," says Rosa Lasaponara of the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, in Italy. And they transformed this inhospitable region.

Lasaponara and her team studied the puquios using satellite imaging. From this, the team were able to better understand how the puquios were distributed across the Nasca region, and where they ran in relation to nearby settlements -- which are easier to date...

Their existence tells us something remarkable about the people who lived in the Nasca region from before 1,000 BC to AD750. "The construction of the puquios involved the use of particularly specialised technology," says Lasaponara. Not only did the builders of the puquios need a deep understanding of the geology of the area and annual variations in water availability, maintaining the canals was a technical challenge as they spread across tectonic faults.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: freshwater; godsgravesglyphs; nazca; peru; puquios; qanats; rainwater
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The puquio system must have been much more developed than it appears today (Credit: Ab5602/Wikimedia/Public Domain)

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1 posted on 05/03/2016 2:23:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Nasca Lines may be giant map of underground water sources
Andina | Friday, August 27, 2010 | unattributed
Posted on 08/30/2010 7:50:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2580486/posts


2 posted on 05/03/2016 2:24:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

3 posted on 05/03/2016 2:24:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

See? More evidence of ancient alien technology.

It had to be solved From Space!


4 posted on 05/03/2016 2:25:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Could easily be a separate topic, but I’m lazy and tired.

Over 2000-Year Old Geoglyph Found In Nazca Desert
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-over-2000year-old-geoglyph-found-in-nazca-desert-610030.aspx
http://portal.andina.com.pe/EDPfotografia3/Thumbnail/2016/04/27/000353591W.jpg


5 posted on 05/03/2016 2:28:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wind assisted water distribution systems in Peru? Wow.

Not sure how the hydraulic part worked.

Lots of Union work back then, Masons, laborers,

But in the end.. If the wind blows the wrong way? What then?

Interesting .. Who says ya can’t squeeze a rock and get water out of it? ;-)


6 posted on 05/03/2016 2:32:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Must have been done by Ufo aliens.

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7 posted on 05/03/2016 2:34:31 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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8 posted on 05/03/2016 2:34:41 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I saw a documentary about those and that was their conclusion. The lines are amazing.


9 posted on 05/03/2016 2:38:54 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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10 posted on 05/03/2016 2:42:21 PM PDT by wideminded
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Good heavens, I never heard of such a thing before. Using channeled wind to pump water from underground aquifers in the desert, a couple of centuries BC in a culture that didn't even have writing.

A culture that couldn't have even *been* a culture unless they first installed the technology. Think of that.

Holy cow.

11 posted on 05/03/2016 2:49:52 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Great obstacles make great leaders.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What a strange landing field but I suppose round is good for those flying saucers.


12 posted on 05/03/2016 2:51:37 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv

This type of irrigation canal are common in the Middle East. I find it interesting that similar problems find similar solutions.


13 posted on 05/03/2016 2:54:00 PM PDT by Little Bill (o)
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To: Little Bill

Similar problems find similar solutions when you talk to similar people er angels er aliens.

The pyramids all over the ancient world must have had the same explanation—everybody decided to bury their leaders the same way.

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14 posted on 05/03/2016 3:05:38 PM PDT by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: SunkenCiv

You can walk down and fill your bucket...but why so many so close together?

Compare to the ancient Persian qanat system, which were linked by tunnels:


15 posted on 05/03/2016 3:09:02 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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To: BenLurkin

I saw a tv show several years ago making this exact same claim. This is not new!


16 posted on 05/03/2016 3:37:34 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: SunkenCiv

WATER HISTORY

Kanerjing. China

17 posted on 05/03/2016 4:46:04 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o; SunkenCiv; Fred Nerks; NormsRevenge; BenLurkin

Who needs writing when everyone is a telepath?


18 posted on 05/03/2016 5:06:21 PM PDT by disndat
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To: SunkenCiv

UNDERGROUND AQUADUCT OF NAZCA

http://www.itia.ntua.gr/getfile/1487/2/documents/hydrohistory2_per.pdf

see page 22


19 posted on 05/03/2016 5:11:58 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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To: cgbg

Voyages Of The Pyramid Builders

20 posted on 05/03/2016 6:02:29 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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