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Apr 12, 2020 · The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru, constructed between 500 BC and 500 AD. Most lines run straight across the landscape, with many designs featuring figurative images of animals such as stylised hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, lizards and plants that measure ...
The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː /) are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. [3]
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Oct 14, 2021 · The Nazca Lines map is located primarily within the Nazca desert, in the Pampas de Jumana, between the cities of Nazca and Palpa. The lines are located within the arid Peruvian coastal plain, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Lima.
3 days ago · Nazca Lines, groups of geoglyphs, large line drawings that appear, from a distance, to be etched into Earth’s surface on the arid Pampa Colorada (“Coloured Plain” or “Red Plain”), northwest of the city of Nazca in southern Peru. They extend over an area of nearly 190 square miles (500 square km).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nazca Lines Map. The Nazca Lines are located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Lima. The geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana cover about 175 square miles (450 square kilometers).
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This arid plateau is where, in 1927, archaeologists first discovered the Nazca Lines, massive “geoglyphs” carved into the Earth’s surface and stretching for miles.
