Mystery of the Nazca Lines

Mystery of the Nazca Lines — page 5
they a natural feature How could that happen If not natural how and why would people create them The mystery of the Nazca Lines began that day The Nazca Lines are geoglyphs or ground drawings The name comes from the hundreds of straight lines that crisscross the pampa between two river valleys Almost all of the geoglyphs are in an area of 310 square miles 803 sq km There are drawings of animals plants and a few human shapes Geometric figures such as rectangles trapezoids and spirals can also be seen The huge drawings are clearest when viewed from an airplane but can also be seen from hills and other high places Nazca Culture Archaeologists believe the Nazca made the geoglyphs from approximately 100 BCE to 650 CE The Nazca lived in narrow river valleys along the southern Peruvian coast on the west side of the Andes Mountains The climate was hot and dry since rain almost never fell on the desert Water came from the 6