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These images were apparently made about 1500 years ago, yet they can only be seen from the air. After the people were wiped out, their history became a mystery. Now no one is sure of which explanation for these images is correct. Obviously, these people lived in a time before planes, so how could they even see these drawings they were creating? 'The so-called Nazca lines, of which there are thousands, consist, according to investigator William H. Isbell, of five kinds of markings: long straight lines; large geometric figures; drawings of plants and animals; rock piles; and figures decorating hillsides. There are drawings of birds, spiders, fishes, even a monkey, and a few unidentifiable creatures. There are also rectangular shapes and a large number of straight lines that run apparently from nowhere to nowhere.' 'One of the first modern researchers to become interested in the Nazca figures was an American scholar, Paul Koosk. He thought that the lines represented 'the largest astronomy book in the world.' He believed that the lines pointed to certain astronomical alignments.'
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