Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines

Maria Reiche believes the Spiral Monkey represents Ursa Major. Reiche defines the azimuth of the main cleared area, as the Pista. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian. The rising and setting of the star known as Benetnash is oriented to the tip of the tail, the handle of the Great Bear constellation. Reiche uses a computer model of the constellation at 1000 AD. Sixteen parallel lines cross the Pista which point approximately to Benetnash. Reiche obtained a declination or the angular distance of a body north or south of the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Maria Reiche found two declinations, one for each side of the pista and both within a fraction of degree for the declination of 54.5 degrees at 1000 AD. The Monkey measured 260 feet from head to tail. The head was represented by Canes Venatici. Plecada, Megrez, Alith, and Mizat form the arms. Gerald Hawkins said Dubhe would have been 6 degrees above the horizon in 1000 AD. Marie Reiche did not include Dubhe because it would not have been visible to the human eye. Could the Nasca spiral monkey tail represent the revolution of the stars around the celestial pole? The main clearing points to Uras Major in the northern hemisphere aligning with the stars in 710 AD. What I would like? 1. I would like to have a detail simulation show how the constellations map to the Nasca spiral monkey in 1000 AD. 2. I would like to see a simulation of how the rise and fall of the sun followed the Nasca lines. 3. I would like to see a simulation of the winter and summer solastice movement of the sun over Nasca lines.