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The Nazca Lines >>>> Some Nazca Links <<<< A good map of the Nazca Lines is hard to find. A 1:10,000 topographical map is listed for sale at South American Explorers for $13, plus there is a map of the figures at Peru Expeditions . IntroductionThe world is full of mysterious places that have outlived the history of their construction.� These are the pyramids, citadels, stone circles and statues that are much written about and are visited by hordes of tourists.� One quality that makes humans unique is their ability to create and appreciate works of art.� Determining which ancient sites are art, and which are something more, is a tough call to make.� Therefore, for the purposes of this book, I have set three requirements that can help us make such a decision.� If the purpose of a site is to inform us about a cyclical global catastrophe, it must:1. Be able to survive long periods of time Whether the period between catastrophes is 1,000 or 100,000 years, the site must be able to endure the extremes of weather and human interaction.� I doubt that any structure built today is designed to last even one millennium, and there is a reason for that - they don't need to.� Yet, globally there are sites that have outlasted the very cultures that built them - often of such gigantic dimensions it would be difficult to recreate them today.� 2. Use the universal languages of numbers or symbols Written languages are impossible to rely on, for they keep on changing.� Not only are they affected by the latest fads and fashions, they can disappear altogether due to the assimilations and annihilations that are caused by cultural conflict. Just look at today's near extinction of the Gaelic language, and how difficult it is to read Shakespeare's "English" today.� Languages will always change, whereas mathematics is a universal constant.� A building four times as long as it is wide will always represent a ratio of 4:1, no matter how old it gets, or who studies it.� Symbols are not perfect, but are still far more stable than words.� Especially so if they resemble a constellation, an animal, a shape and so on.� Hieroglyphs that use indirect representations are more difficult to decipher, yet most of them have eventually been decoded. 3. Contain coded information concerning the nature of such a catastrophe This is the hardest aspect to determine.� A good example is the Great Pyramid of Giza.� We have always known of its antiquity, and in the last century we have become aware of the mathematics contained within its dimensions.� But is it trying to tell us something?� Theories abound and can become overwhelming.� Therefore I have chosen to concentrate on a single, succinct idea, the cyclical global catastrophe, and apply it to not only the Giza complex, but every ancient site I study.The Nazca lines conform to these three rules.� They are at least 1500 years old, and are capable of lasting very much longer than that.� That they embody symbols is obvious, and it is my belief that they describe the Great Flood. This is just a small portion of my online book, Survive 2012 - a look into possible ways our world might end, and how to survive. Available in bookstores sometime before 2012, fingers-crossed... General InformationThe Nazca lines and figures cover a total area of 520 square kilometres.[1]� They are situated 400 kilometres south of Lima on the Pampa Colorada - a desolate plain between the Peruvian coast and the Andes Mountains (see this map of Peru ).� It is a rocky desert, rather than a sandy one.� Its surface is covered in small stones that are dark red because they contain ferrous oxide.� These have been cleared away to expose the lighter-coloured soil underneath, creating a multitude of lines.Dozens of stylised figures have also been etched onto the desert, creating the world's largest piece of art.� The figures have each been drawn using a singular continuous line, with the largest being some 285 metres long.� There are 70 figures in total.� In the most part they are creatures, such as a hummingbird, llama or dog - however a flower, ...