Description
The Nazca Lines are a group of ancient and gigantic etched drawings on the Nazcan desert floor and surrounding landscapes, and include 70 geoglyphs, 800 straight lines plus 300 other symbols etched on the desert surface in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by people making shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving differently colored dirt exposed. Most lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative designs of animals and plants. These huge individual figurative geoglyph designs measure between 440–1,200 yards across. There are images of animals (e.g., spider, hummingbird), plants (e.g., trees, flowers), trapezoids, and spirals. Most of the Nazca Lines are best observed from an aerial view. For what purpose could these enigmatic lines have been drawn? Join Len on this fascinating journey of discovery as he shares his personal visit to the ancient Lines of Nazca.
