nazca

Their head was deformed to show social status. But according to the archaeologists, none of them suffer any brain damage (maybe they did, they just threw the body away).

Their tomb was at the middle of the desert.

They have very long hairs. They kept the skulls of the enemies around their waist.

In a non related subjects, the Incas also keep the skull of their enemies. They rip off the skin of a the bravest soldiers in the battle and make a drum out of it. They use the drum in the war and hope the brave spirit of the warriors will scare away their enemies.

It was thought the Nazca people drew the Nazca lines. But lines could only be viewed from the air (our plane was around 300m high). It's hard to imagine how the Nazca people draw those things without knowing how to fly (there was no high mountains around).

It is a tree and a hand. This is the only lines you can see from the ground (from a 15m tower).

Someone found some pegs in the desert, it was thought that the Nazca people used those as the pivot for their giant compass. The most believable theory was that the Nazca lines correspond to the constellations on the sky and they used it mainly as a giant calendar. At some particular time, the sunlight will pass through a particular line. Well, there are so many lines there, it's hard to say if it's a coincident or something else.

There was legend that Incas and Nazca have contacts with people in the other world. That's world where we originated from.

This is the Nazca Capital. It's Chihuari (don't remember the exact spelling). The name means a place you can see everything.

I like the place because there is nothing interesting, everything is covered by sand which also means it attracts no tourist. The site feels much realer than other places.

It's a water storage hole. The city was located beside an oasis in the middle of the desert.

Most areas were still buried under the sand. We were standing on the top of the pyramid which I didn't believe it was. But after I kicked off some sands from the top, I did see some part of a concrete building.

Some said the stakes was for keeping time but we were doubtful about that. We came up with our own theory, we thought it was the tombs for the dead.

There were human bones scattered everywhere because it was an ancient cemetery.

I picked up a bone and asked the guide what it was and he told me it was a human spinal cord. I dropped it right away.

The Nazca people dig long underground canals all the way to the mountain to get water.

They are going to build a five star hotel in this area. I don't think it's a good idea.

This is the swimming pool of our hotel.