# Lines and trapezoids were ceremonial paths, walked in processions, with Cahuachi as the pilgrimage centre.

> Most likely: Lines and trapezoids were ceremonial paths, walked in processions, with Cahuachi as the pilgrimage centre.

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# Lines and trapezoids were ceremonial paths, walked in processions, with Cahuachi as the pilgrimage centre.

Lines and trapezoids were ceremonial paths, walked in processions, with Cahuachi as the pilgrimage centre.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Worn paths along lines, stone heaps at edges, routes converging on Cahuachi, giant figures beside the line network.

## What would rule it out

- Lines shown never to have been walked, or no spatial relation between lines and Cahuachi.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Giant line-type figures, mostly wild animals, lie on average 34 m from the ceremonial line network.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XE9W2X70/giant-line-type-figures-mostly-wild-animals-lie-on-average)

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[Lines carry paths and bordering heaps; a 4.4 km labyrinth makes sense only when walked.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XE22660Q/lines-carry-paths-and-bordering-heaps-a-4-4-km-labyrinth)

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## The questions it answers

[What were the Nazca Lines for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/questions/QST0CT6XC3J2CGC/what-were-the-nazca-lines-for)

Most likelyThe lines were made and walked in rites concerned with water and fertility, linking line centres, valleys and…

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