Did a Series of Solar Eclipses Inspire the Nazca Lines?
Popular Physics
2021-03-30 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
The mysterious lines in the desert of Nazca in southern Peru received many attempts at an explanation. We discuss the possibility that their origin is based on solar eclipses which could have evoked some kind of "reaction" by the inhabitants. In the mid-4th century BCE, six very conspicuous events within 20 years occurred over that area. The climax was reached with the total eclipse of 11 March -357. In this paper we try to explain the geoglyphs as a medium of communication of the ancients with their gods.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2103.14647,
title = {Did a Series of Solar Eclipses Inspire the Nazca Lines?},
author = {Emil Khalisi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.14647},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
7 pages, 4 figs, 1 table, 16 refs