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Band of Holes

Posted by Ian Brown, Monday, 17th November 2008

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In south-western Peru, on a plain called Cajamarquilla is the band of holes.

 

Running for about a mile across the barren rock is this line of holes of varying depths and sizes, with occasional clear gaps, for which locals and archaeologists have no explanation. They have guessed at grain storage and burial sites, though neither theory has held up to scrutiny.

Information and pictures and be found here. What’s your theory?

And don’t miss these Peruvian mysteries previously posted on Google Sightseeing.

Thanks to Remko Jansen and Andrew.

11 Responses to 'Band of Holes'

  1. Izzy says:

    Aliens! Okay, not aliens. But someone had to say it.

    I think it was done deliberately to confuse people in the future, so they would look at the holes and go: “I wonder what these were for?”

  2. Claude says:

    Obviously these are ceremonial. Whenever one can not identify what something was used for one must state that it is “Ceremonial”

    http://www.oup.com.au/titles/academic/social_science/anthropology/9780199263332

  3. The holes are migrating northbound in a perfect formation.

  4. Zach says:

    This is where they warehoused the gold prior to shipping it back to Nibiru. Each hole contained enough gold to fill one space transport. :)

    (This comment will be meaningful only if you have ever read any of Sitchin’s books, such as “The Lost Book of Enki”)

  5. Clint says:

    C’mon guys. This is obviously tread marks left by a colossal ancient unicycle. The gaps are where they managed to jump it.

  6. yym_c says:

    Obviously test holes from the movie Holes.

  7. Jim B says:

    Looks like camp greenlake is real. Where is jon Voit when you need him

  8. cookie monster says:

    Ancient pogo stick testing ground?

  9. nova72 says:

    very accurate machine gun fire from a UFO?

  10. padster says:

    Funny how it continues N until they get to a steepish piece of ground, where they go “Oh sod it, this it too hard, let’s give up now”.

  11. aliosha says:

    this is a strange place… take a better look! some photos (close-up) of the “band of holes” (Pisco Valley) http://www.nazcamystery.com/pisco_valley.htm one other links: http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_piscovalley.htm CIAO!