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Dr. Clive Ruggles of Leicester University and Dr. Nicholas Saunders of
Bristol University proposed the theory that the figures etched into 50 miles of
Peruvian desert between 100BC to 700AD are not there to be seen from the air but
are to be walked like a labyrinth. Dr. Ruggles claims he was perhaps the first
person in 1500 years to walk these paths.
Scientists claim that a "labyrinth" of geometric shapes and lines was not
created to be seen at all, and was instead a walking path which played a role in
ancient rituals.
Professor Clive Ruggles of Leicester University said, "Unlike some of the
famous zoomorphic (animal) figures, its irregular form provides no reason to
speculate that it might have been intended to be viewed from the air.
"It was not meant to be 'seen' from outside at all, but rather to be
experienced from within. It was meant to be walked."
Ruggles and Dr. Nicholas Saunders, of Bristol University, traced three miles
of paths during a five-year project, becoming the first known people to do so in
more than 1,000 years.
Although parts of the lines have been washed away by flash floods, the
remainder are well preserved and edges are still sharply defined.
Ruggles claims to have been the first person to discover the labyrinth among
the patterns while studying the lines in 1984.
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What is more mysterious is why this idea has been somewhat hidden since 1984
and is now being publicized now. Also, the images I see look very much like
animals, not labyrinths. However, it is curious that the edges of these lines
are still so well marked as if they were walked as Dr. Ruggles suggests. What do
you think about this idea? Leave a comment below, OK?
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