Long stretches of desert in Peru became famous for what they hid. Only from high above the ground could witnesses glimpse what came to be known as the Nazca Lines, made up of strange patterns that many believe was actually a fancy landing pad for aliens who flew the friendly skies thousands of years ago, before TWA.
Well, move over Nazca, another speedway has entered the track, this one in the Middle East. Actually it’s been there for at least 2,000 years, according to Kennedy, a professor of ancient classics and history, from Australia.
What has been recently discovered, thanks to new satellite mapping technology and an aerial photography program in Jordan, are stone wheels, of various designs. That’s right, people, the wheel has been reinvented once again.
“He [RAF Flight Lt. Percy Maitland] reported encountering them over ‘lava country’ and said that they, along with the other stone structures, are known to the Bedouin as the “works of the old men.” ~ Owen Javis, LiveScience.Com
When you’re on the ground with them, in long stretches from Syria to Saudi Arabia, you really can’t notice a thing. But, jump on a plane and ride up about a hundred feet or so, and voila, the wheels are in motion.
The big question is, why are these things here and what do they mean? How about we get an expert opinion on this, shall we?
Professor Kennedy explains, “There seems to be some overarching cultural continuum in this area in which people felt there was a need to build structures that were circular.” Spoken like a true history professor, which translates as: He doesn’t really know why they’re there. Nor does anyone else.
What we do know is some of these stone structures have many spokes to their wheels, while others have few. Some are round in shape, while others are circular. Some are isolated in certain areas, while others are grouped in clusters. Okay, so they’re the same, but different? Which is it?
Well, historians agree that they can all be categorized as geolyphs, meaning that they are wide signs on the ground. formed artificially, just as the Nazca lines were constructed artificially by…
By who?
That, my friends, remains a mystery. I do wish whoever the artist was, he’d come forward and explain his collection to this group of bedazzled runway observers. Come on, we want to see those designs in action, as they were originally intended to function. Or, as Tim Gunn would say, “Make it Work!”