world mysteries part 1

Mystic Places part 2: ----------------------- Nazca Lines ------------ Introduction: --------------- Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air The following satellite images have been generated by If you have Google Earth installed, use this Nazca Google Earth Placemark file (Save and Open) and it will fly you to a location*. If not, you will need to install Google Earth first (available at http://earth.google.com ). Image Placemark Location: longitude: -75.18786894045414, latitude: -14.72050199914096 Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country. Get Google Earth. Put the world in perspective. http://earth.google.com * * * There are three mysterious aspects to Nazca Plateau --------------------------------------------------- Satellite image of the Nazca Plateau *First, the straight lines, many kilometers long, crisscross sectors of the pampas in all directions (as shown on images above). Many of the lines appear to be random and seem to have no pattern to them. Photo Copyright 2004 by World-Mysteries.com *Second, many of the lines form geometric figures: angles, triangles, bunches, spirals, rectangles, wavy lines, etc. Other lines form concentric circles converging with or emanating from a promontory. Other prints have formed "roads" like geometric planes and appear to have been occupied by large groups of the population *Third, many lines form animal patterns. Nazca Lines Mystic Places -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Description Theories More Info Introduction Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air. CLICK on the image to enlarge and view coordinates. * * * The following satellite images have been generated by If you have Google Earth installed, use this Nazca Google Earth Placemark file (Save and Open) and it will fly you to a location*. If not, you will need to install Google Earth first (available at http://earth.google.com ). Image Placemark Location: longitude: -75.18786894045414, latitude: -14.72050199914096 CLICK on the image to enlarge and view coordinates. CLICK on the image to enlarge and view coordinates. CLICK on the image to enlarge and view coordinates. Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country. Get Google Earth. Put the world in perspective. http://earth.google.com * * * There are three mysterious aspects to Nazca Plateau Satellite image of the Nazca Plateau (CLICK on the image to enlarge) First, the straight lines, many kilometers long, crisscross sectors of the pampas in all directions (as shown on images above). Many of the lines appear to be random and seem to have no pattern to them. Photo Copyright 2004 by World-Mysteries.com Second, many of the lines form geometric figures: angles, triangles, bunches, spirals, rectangles, wavy lines, etc. Other lines form concentric circles converging with or emanating from a promontory. Other prints have formed "roads" like geometric planes and appear to have been occupied by large groups of the population. Third, many lines form animal patterns. Could these geoglyphs be effigies of ancient animal gods or patterns of constellations? Are they roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan? If so, who ordained it? It all seems so otherworldly. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every imaginable explanation - from runways for spaceships to tracks for Olympic athletes, from op art to pop art, to astronomical observatories. It is believed that the geoglyphs were built by a people called the Nasca- but why and how they created these wonders of the world has defied explanation. As much as the lines awe us, we marvel equally at the imagination of the people who have sought explanations for them. ------------------------ ========================= Mysterious Nazca-like "roads" near Pisco, Peru ------------------------------------------------ Another strange "road" is located near Pisco in Peru. Satellite photo of the "Band of Holes" near Pisco Valley . Note: The location of the band of holes is highlighted brown. Click on the image to enlarge. -------------------------------------------- This is another strange road in the Pisco region in Peru. It is about 20m wide and goes for many miles through the desert. It is lighter than its surroundings and marked by small craters spread apart by approximately 200m. Go to Google Earth and follow the road. For coordinates enlarge any of the images below. ==================================================================================== ==================================================================================== Compare Nazca lines with Area 51 desert "drawings" ====================================================The following satellite images of the regions surrounding Area 51 are available from Google Maps [ http://maps.google.com/ ] as well as from GoogleEarth [ http://earth.google.com ] =========================================== thank you everyone to visit my sight stay tuned for more Mystic Places by : sree

world mysteries part 1

Mystic Places ================ Introduction: ------------- Many popular experts suggest possibility that mysterious sites around the world were created with help of advanced knowledge and technology (possibly more advanced than our current one) possessed by lost civilizations. Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth and all of the superb knowledge was handed down to us by ancient astronauts who came down from heaven. Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual... In this section we are presenting few sites that are still causing controversy in the scientific community. A Link between Egypt and Americas? ==================================== According to the official view there was no contact between the Old World and the New World before Columbus. Yet numerous similarities have been found that suggest a link between Egypt and the Americas: *Both have huge pyramids, aligned to the cardinal points *Both have structures built with megalithic stones and extremely fine joints *Both exhibit intriguing bumps on many unfinished stone blocks (Picture 1) *Both employed a unique style of construction using "L" shaped corners *Both use the same style of metal clamps to hold the huge stones in place *Both used the process of mummification to preserve and honor their dead These compelling similarities suggest that both ancient cultures were influenced by a sophisticated common source. A Link between Mesopotamia and Americas? Some researchers reject the dogmatic idea that the New World was isolated prior to 1492. There is some compelling evidence that the ancient peoples from Mesopotamia may have crossed the Atlantic ages before Columbus. The images below represent very much the same religious symbolism. Also, please notice the object held by the deity. It seems identical ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mythic Olmec figure with Jaguar mask on Quetzalcoatle, sculpture from the ancient Olmec site of La Venta (Mexico). Olmecs are considered to be the oldest Meso American Culture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winged Eagle-Headed Being (Genie); Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 B.C.), Mesopotamia; excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Alabaster (gypsum) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holding a cone or sponge in his right hand and a bucket in his left, this genie is performing a ritual involving the Assyrian sacred tree. The sacred tree was an extremely important symbol in the palace of Ashurnasirpal, appearing on reliefs in virtually every room of the palace. It was also used in textile patterns, on stamp and cylinder seals, and in ivory carvings. It represented both the king and Ashur, the chief god of Assyria, and was also a symbol of the fertility of the land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bearded, Winged Being (Genie); Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 B.C.), Mesopotamia; excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Alabaster (gypsum) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ===================================================================================== Mysterious Alignment ------------------------ Another puzzle is mysterious alignment of world's ancient sites. Easter Island is exactly aligned along a straight line around the center of the Earth, with the Nazca lines, Ollantaytambo and the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Other world wonders that are within one tenth of one degree of this alignment include: Perseopolis, the capital city of ancient Persia; Mohenjo Daro, the ancient capital city of the Indus Valley; the Oracle of Zeus-Amon at Siwa; and the lost city of Petra. The Ancient Sumarian city of Ur and Angkor temples in Cambodia and Thailand are within one degree of latitude of this alignment The alignment of these sites is easily observable on a globe of the Earth with a horizon ring. If you line up any two of these sites on the horizon ring, all of the sites will be right on the horizon ring. 3-D world atlas software programs can also draw this line around the Earth. Start on the Equator, at the mouth of the Amazon River, at 48° 36' West Longitude; go to 30° 22' North Latitude, 41° 24' East Longitude, in the Middle East, which is the maximum latitude the line touches; then go to the Equator at 131° 24' East Longitude, near the Northwest tip of New Guinea; then to 30° 22' South Latitude, 138° 36' West Longitude, in the South Pacific; and then back to 48° 36' West Longitude, at the Equator. Centered on: 0.00° N 48° 36' W 30° 22' N 41° 24' E 0.00° N 131° 24' E 30° 22' S 138° 36' W The circumference of this line around the center of the Earth is 24,892 miles. Along this line, the great circle distance from the Great Pyramid to Ollantaytambo is 7,472 miles, 30.0% of the circumference. Ollantaytambo is 2,579 miles from Easter Island, 10.3%. Easter Island is 10,096 miles from Angkor Wat, 40.6%. Angkor Wat is 2,490 miles from Mohenjo Daro, 10.0%. Mohenjo Daro is 2255 miles from from the Great Pyramid, 9.1%. In addition to calculating the distances between these sites as a percentage of the circumference of the Earth, the distances may also be calculated in degrees of the 360° circumference, by multiplying the percentage by 3.6. For example, the Great Pyramid is 108° away from Ollantaytambo. Near Ollantaytambo, Machupicchu is within one quarter of a degree and Cuzco is within one third of a degree of the alignment.