The landing strip theory never fully dies no matter how many times researchers try to bury it. I know the mainstream take is that they were ritual or astronomical in purpose and honestly that probably holds more water, but the sheer scale of some of those lines is hard to shake off when you're looking at photos.
What gets me is the precision. How do you create something that only makes sense from the air without any aerial perspective yourself? The "ancient astronomers did it with basic geometry" answer feels a bit too tidy sometimes.
That said I've seen enough misidentified things through my own camera lens to know that humans are brilliant at seeing patterns and meaning where there might not be any. So I hold the landing strip idea loosely. Not convinced, not dismissing it either.
Anyone here been to Peru and actually seen them in person? I'd love to know if standing near them changes your read on what they were for.
