Is it an alien cat?
Large 2k-year-old cat discovered in Peru's Nazca lines
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#32Must be from Sky Garden.
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#33I'm not saying I believe any of the crazy conspiracies related to the Nazca lines, but I really do wonder what they actually are. The mysteries behind a lot of these ancient megalithic structures make me wonder about how sophisticated these presumed primitive civilizations actually we're.
Based on the answer to the question, who could have appreciated the images (i.e. where does the optimal observer reside - the sky), perhaps the images were made in homage, or to appease/appeal to god(s)?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Aztecs certainly did have writing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_writing It's far better than the primitive icon systems favored in modern user interfaces.
The qualifier 'full' is important here. The article even makes note of this: > ...some scholars have understood the system to not be considered a complete writing system... In particular, the written and spoken forms aren't precisely equivalent. Some archaeologists consider this a bigger deal than others (I'm more on the "not a big deal" side), but it's worth noting.
I did read the article, they also wrote that it being incomplete is controversial.
Be that as it may, if it can convey ideas, it is workable.
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#37See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24820449 for original Peruvian coverage.
The Smithsonian has better reporting of this than the BBC, and is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24889016 .