The Ancient Astronomy Theory is Correct

Let's do it!C1: The Nazca Lines" Please explain then why these patterns can ONLY be seen from the sky and why they would smooth down the tops of the surrounding hills to form runways?"Your question assumes the thing you're trying to prove. They are not runways, nor was that the intention of a Peruvians. Secondly, just because we can't say for certain why the Peruvians made these lines does not prove that aliens did it. That is jumping to conclusions. A more reasonable estimate is that these lines were made to represent animal-gods which the ancient Peruvians believed controlled the various aspects of agriculture [1]. Specifically, these were the Nazcan gods of water an fertility, which makes a lot of sense when you consider that this is a desert we're talking about. "We have differing facts on this, the largest of the designs measured over 660 feet across which is nowhere near a mile"Your source says that the largest figure is 660 feet across. There are also straight Nazca lines that were used to guide pilgrimages [3]. I know I said 15 miles, but I meant 15 km (9 miles) [4]. I apologize. I blame my Canadian heritage for the mix up.Either way, 9 miles is still incredibly long for a "runway", so the point stands."Looking at the nearby mountains, they still have their tops. Where did the smoothed rubble from the top of the mountains go?"Only the first picture in the thread pro linked to as his source makes the Nazca mountain look impossibly smoothed. Every other picture of that area (including the picture literally one post below that one) reveals that it is, in fact, a naturally flat area that has had the red oxidised rocks on top moved to form a line, the same way all the other Nazca lines were formed. There has been no compelling evidence for aliens presented here.C2: The Pyramids of Giza and Teotihuacan"The Egyptians knew about true north [1]? Unlikely."... Your source brings me to the wiki page on the Nazca lines. I can't verify your argument. I will say this though, True north (or, geodetic north) is the north that lines up with the sun [5][6]. Therefore, my point stands and there's no need for compasses to line up the pyramid with the cardinals."The Pyramid of Giza was composed of roughly 2.3 million limestone blocks which came from nearby quarries, not cut on site...etc."Your source goes to a page on the Mexico pyramids. Once again, I can't verify the statistics in your argument. As such, we'll have to go with my source for the time being."This isn’t spectacular? These cultures have never contacted each other, but somehow their structures are the same perimeter? Possibly the aliens gave this pyramid building knowledge to these civilizations."The perimeters are very similar, but the lengths of the sides and the height of the structure are wildly different. This looks like a coincidence to me since literally every other dimension of the pyramids are different. Even if we add aliens into the mix, nothing is explained. Why would the aliens tell them to aim for this perimeter if they didn't care about the side length, the slope and the sides or the height? This doesn't warrant jumping to such a conclusion as aliens."Well I click on the link, it just brings me to Google maps. Could you please elaborate on how you came up with these numbers?"Correct links are in the comments section."15.5 degrees stuff"All your source says is that the city in general is 15.5 degrees east of True North. It's not bizarre in any way for a town to have all its building oriented in the same facings. In fact its pretty much the only way building are placed. You can look outside right now and see that buildings in close proximity tend to have the same facings. It's just good civil engineering. And what's so special about about two buildings lining up with the sun one day of the year that only aliens could have done it? This isn't exactly hard evidence of aliens.Nothing about the pyramids suggests aliens.C3: References in Writing"The Book of Ezekiel, Bible, Chapter 1."I'm asking for the specific passage. You didn't give one, because you couldn't. the truth is, nothing in the book of Ezekiel is about aliens [7]. "My opponent is making the mistake of assuming alien ships look like ours."No, you said they resembled modern space-ships last round. Don't try to pin this on me. Furthermore, you've ignored my source here and have instead merely re-asserted your position. Every image on that lid can be explained by historians as typical Mayan symbolism for the process of death. "I’m sorry, but the Vimanas were the actual machines."The "machines" pro is taking about come from a book called the Vaimānika Shāstra, which is a famous hoax [8]. This book is not part of ancient Indian text. In fact it's only about 100 years old. Furthermore, the designs mentioned in this book were tested by scientists in 1974, and they found that none of these machines would be able to fly, or even function in any way [9].Furthermore, as someone familiar with Hindu texts, I can tell you that there is no verse in the Ramayana that translates to "shining, a wonderful divine CAR that sped through the air". Don't take my word for it, read through the Ramayana and see for yourself [10] "Sorry for forgetting the source. It has been added as SOURCE 6."The only thing your source says about the Mayans is; "Men came from the stars, knowing everything, and they examined the four corners of the sky and the Earth's round surface." One has to wonder where the ancient Maya got their advanced knowledge in astronomy, mathematics, and other physical sciences."and"The Mayan Chilam Balaam texts stated, "Beings descended from the sky in flying vessels...white men in flying rings, who can touch the sky."This doesn't actually provide evidence for anything you said last round. It's also lying. It cites the wikipedia page as it's source for the Chilam Balaam texts stating "Beings descended from the sky in flying vessels", but the wiki page says nothing about that.Conclusion Pro's weak sourcing has defeated his own argument. He's relying on internet forums and snippets from biased websites to prove his case -- and those are the best cases. Sometimes there's no source to go on whatsoever. Furthermore, he hasn't established anything that would require aliens to accomplish. Add that to the fact that he's conceded a great deal of his arguments this round and it's clear that the resolution has been negated. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org... 2. THE NAZCA LINES, WATER AND MOUNTAINS: AN ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY. Johan Reinhard. 1996 3. Silverman, Helaine (1994). “The Archaeological Identification of an Ancient Peruvian Pilgrimage Center”. World Archaeology 26 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1080/00438243.1994.9980257. JSTOR 124860 4. http://www.traveladdicts.connectfree.co.uk... 5. http://en.wikipedia.org... 6. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com... 7. http://www.youtube.com... [video] 8. http://en.wikipedia.org... 9. Mukunda, H.S.; Deshpande, S.M., Nagendra, H.R., Prabhu, A. and Govindraju, S.P. (1974). “A critical study of the work “Vyamanika Shastra”". Scientific Opinion: 5–12. 10. http://hinduism.about.com...