First hang glider
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There are neither written records nor oral legends testifying to the meaning of the soil drawings.
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The changes of the surface appear to be "Geoglyphs," clearly visible from the air. They can hardly be seen from the ground but very well by people who fly over them. Most of them are straight lines, triangular or square spaces and depictions of figures. They are called "soil drawings" or "Geoglyphs". In the area surrounding of the city of Nasca in Peru the surface of the high plateau desert like pampa was changed to show huge depiction of figures. Nazca - Pre-Inca civilisation of the inhabitants of the river oasis area at the Rio Grande and of the coast who were forgotten over hundreds of years Visible soil drawings can be seen in the background.Įxplanation of the Geoglyphs of Nasca as traces of prehistoric flights with kites by members of the Nazca civilisation 1,000 to 1,500 years ago by August M. The author placed photos and drawings at the museum's disposal as well. Steimann for his kind permission to publish the following text in our online archives. Steimann visited Peru decades ago, when the soil drawings were little known. His hypothesis fits into the museum's understanding of aviation. Different hypotheses claim that the symbols have an astronomical or geological function or are places of worship, or are said to be connected with visits of beings from outer space.Ī surprising hypothesis is the one of August Steimann. At this moment several research programs are concerned with the soil drawings. There is no conclusive explanation for the drawings.
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The symbols resulted by removing the ferric oxide coloured stones, revealing the dusty yellow soil. Their origin is dated between 500 BC and 1300 AD and most of them were classed as being from the Nazca civilisation. Some are 10 km long lines, areas up to 1 km in size, and depictions of animals up to 300 meters in size. They are located between the towns of Nasca and Palpa, about 400 km south of Lima. Most of the drawings, which only can be seen from the air, were first discovered when aircraft started flying over the high desert in the 1920s. In 1939, Paul Kosok from the Long Island University (New York) examined the huge soil drawings after he flew over the high arid plateau of Peru. The soil drawings in Peru - evidence of prehistoric aviation? A hypothesis by August Steimann, Würzburg