Research Question and Scholarly Sources

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Research Questions and Scholarly Sources


    Although there are many theories concerning my topic, I have not been able to find much research or evidence on the subject of whether extraterrestrials played a major factor in the creation of the Nazca Lines. However, this theory captured my attention and I have developed a few research questions in order to pursue this myth:

 

  Throughout centuries, the Nazca Lines have demonstrated that individuals with higher knowledge may have created these ancient geoglyphs and have left a multitude of individuals questioning who may have constructed them. Is it possible that the presence of extraterrestrial beings on our planet created the Nazca Lines for their own benefit? If so, how and why did they construct them?


    



                                                  *Potential Sources*


  • Joe Nickell. The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files. The University Press of Kentucky; 2004.

  • ERICH VON DÄNIKEN’S ALIEN BELIEFS. The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers. Published online 2014.

  • Michael Shermer. Gods of the Gaps. Scientific American. 2013;309(1):92-93. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-92

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