The image above shows some of the “Sajama Lines” etched into the landscape of Bolivia. Wikipedia opines:
“The Sajama Lines [saˈxama] of western Bolivia are a network of thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of nearly perfectly straight paths etched into the ground continuously for more than 3,000 years by the indigenous people living near the volcano Sajama. They form a web-like network that blankets the Altiplano”.
We don’t know who made them. I found not one indigenous source that takes credit for making them, so I don’t know where we get this idea that the were made by the indigenous living around the volcano. The article also omits their shape when seen from far above. We’ll get to that later.
Bolivia has lines cutting through the landscape, through different elevations and terrains for no apparent reason. Why have the people forgotten what they mean or who made them? Wouldn’t this be written down somewhere or transferred in oral traditions?


According to the Dictionary:
Recent research revealed that this network of lines covers an area of 22,525 km2 (8,697 sq mi; 5,566,000 acres), approximately fifteen times larger than the area covered by the Nazca Lines in Peru. Rough estimates put their linear length at approximately 16,000 kilometres (9,900 mi), roughly three times the breadth of the United States. As such, the Sajama Lines are the largest archaeological site in the Andes and might be considered the largest artwork in the world.
The lines were created by scraping aside vegetation and the dark surface material consisting of soil and oxidized rock and exposing the lighter subsurface material. Like the better-known Nazca Lines (which differ from the Sajama Lines in that some of the Nazca are depictions of animals) neither the purpose of these lines, nor how the makers achieved such precision, are completely understood.
The article explains how they were made and then goes on to say they don’t actually know how they were made (“it’s not understand how the makers achieved such precision”). I somehow doubt “hunter-gatherers” scraped aside 22,525 square kilometers of vegetation with their bare hands.
A map of the lines is revealing:

The lines radiate outward in all directions from their respective centers. In other words, they are not just lines, they are like stars or suns.
The Dictionary:
Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania describe:
While many of these sacred lines extend as far as ten or twenty kilometers (and perhaps further), they all seem to maintain a remarkable straightness despite rugged topography and natural obstacles. The sheer number and length of these lines is often difficult to perceive from ground level, but from the air or hilltop vantage points, they are stunning.
Many believe that the lines were originally used by indigenous people when they made sacred pilgrimages. Interspersed among this network of radial lines and aligned to where lines meet are wak’as (shrines), chullpas (burial towers) and hamlets, making the area a unique cultural landscape. Though the region is now sparsely populated there is evidence that some of the lines are still in use as footpaths.
That article offers nothing specific or provable in terms of an explanation other than “many believe” (who?) and that “they are straight lines” (who would have known). We’ll have to look elsewhere for answers.
Comparing this site to others around the world (discussed on this website), I suggest the lines used to radiate from central communities. I assert that the towns were bombed or otherwise destroyed in a time forgotten. My proof? We still see this radiance from communities in instances where the Bolivian villages are still standing:

This is the village Wisalla in Bolivia. That’s an ancient German word meaning “Wise God”.
Evidence of destruction at the centers of these radiating lines:

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that there are a lot of rock and mountain structures with straight cuts through them in Bolivia:

See my articles on rock-melting weaponry for more on this.
Below is El Fuerte de Samaipata in Bolivia. The ancients of Bolivia built massive structures and also “lines” carved into solid rock. You don’t get that by “clearing out vegegation”.






It’s conceivable that the same people who built the Samapatia structures also created the landscape lines.
The way I see it, the ruins of Samapatia are the leftovers of what hadn’t been destroyed. Samapatia is on the edge of the desert. Places that were “desertified” are those that fell to aerial warfare. The desertified region to the left is where you find the Saxama lines.

And yes, all of Bolivias “major archaeological sites” are located at deserts edge. I could have told you this before looking:

It’s a common pattern around the world and leads me to believe that what was destroyed was much grander than what remains at desert’s edge.
The biggest archaeological sites in all of South America are along the coast of Peru and the Bolivian ones are smaller outliers.

I suggest that all these sites and the Nazca and Sajama lines are related or made by the same people.
The lines spillover into some of the non-desertified regions, leading to the suspicion that some are no longer visible because they’re overgrown.

Explanations for the lines are lacking. Would I be writing about them otherwise?
People who claim to have studied the mythology of the Aymara and Quecha indigenous say they are “paths of the ancestors”. But what does this explain? What does it mean? Sure, they can be used as paths, but was that the intended purpose? Others describe them as “spiritual walkways” which explains just as little. Aymara mythology does specifically say they were created by “superhuman beings” who inhabited the region long ago. That sounds a little closer to the truth, but still doesn’t say much about their purpose.
The “ancient aliens” folks say they are “signals” for the “extraterrestrials” because they can only be clearly seen from the air. People throw around words like “annunaki” and “sky gods”. I’m not discounting the idea, just saying it could have also been humans who had advanced weapons and aircraft.
Or actual supernatural forces.
They could have even been simple irrigation paths. Let’s not exclude the mundane.
They could be energy lines or ley-lines relating to a science we no longer know.
They could belong to an ancient planetary grid that supplied all towns with electricity or water.
They could have been high speed travel paths.
Or celestial alignment patterns.
Or simply highways connecting towns.
See? There you have eight possible explanations. There are too many unknowns to arrive at definite conclusions. Even so, I think I may have solved the mystery. Read on to find out.
I managed to uncover something new: The lines stretch into neighboring mountains and deserts of Chile. You can see for yourself just from browsing on Google Maps. Are archaeologists too lazy to browse Google Maps? The ones in Chile are a straight line from Sajama, that appear to be obscured by overgrowth and vegetation. A sample from Chile:


The Sajama lines should be seen in a greater context that includes lines in Chile, the much more famous Nazca lines in Peru and ancient sites across South America, including the Bolivian “Tihuanaco” site which is also at the very edge of the desertified region, as if spared the ancient war of destruction:



Let’s look at the History of Bolivia.

Same old, same old. The people lived there thousands of years ago, but in the meantime absolutely nothing happened until the 1500s when the Spanish showed up. I asked Grok AI whether the Spanish mentioned the Sajama lines when they conquered Bolivia in the 1500s or 1600s and got this response:



