People keep saying the Nazca Lines are just for aliens

I mean, I keep hearing this on shows and it bugs me. The real work by researchers like Maria Reiche showed they were likely for water rituals and astronomy, not spaceships. It matters because it takes away from the actual people who made them. Anyone else get tired of the ancient alien stuff for every cool find?

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iris_hall2d ago

Used to think the alien thing was fun, but learning about the water ritual stuff made it way more real for me.

drew_rivera2d ago

People often believe things more when they connect to a pattern they already know.

barbara_butler802d ago

But how does a ritual make it more real than actual evidence?