THE ENIGMATIC NAZCA LINES

Declared "Archaeological World Heritage Site" by UNESCO (1994).
The Nazca Lines are located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima, the geoglyphs of Nazca and the pampas of Jumana cover about 450 sq. km.
The Nazca Lines are among archaeology's greatest enigmas because of their quantity, nature, size and continuity. 

The Monkey

The geoglyphs depict living creatures, stylized plants and imaginary beings, as well as geometric figures several kilometers long. They are believed to have had ritual astronomical functions.

The Spider

The Nazca lines are an enigma. Since their discovery, they have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar created by the ancient civilization, used for rituals probably related to astronomy, or clans who made up the population and to determine through ritual their economic functions held up by reciprocity and redistribution, or a map of underground water supplies.

This is a unique place in the world, full with mystery and mysticism, wonderful traces of immense figures and lines of spectacular perfection. Diverse scientific theories have been placed on these lines. Some theories only explain its possible construction associated to extraterrestrial beings.

The Dog

You can overflight the Nazca Lines and geoglyphs from Nazca, Ica and Paracas/Pisco, marvel looking at the perfect shape of Animal's, flowers, plants, objects, and anthropomorphic figures of colossal proportions made with well-defined lines.

Overflying The Nazca Lines

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