The Nazca Lines

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Carved into the Peruvian landscape over a millennia ago, the Nazca lines are some of the most famed, and ancient, geoglyphs in the world. When viewed from above they create astonishing, detailed images of animals that were sacred to the Nazca people. But despite being some of ...

Flying over the high plateaus of Peru, one can discover an archaeological treasure traced on the ground and classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO : the Nazca geoglyphs. These gigantic drawings represent animals, geometric or humanoid figures. But what do they mean ? Why d ...  Show more

Gillian Woodward and Roger Basick tell about the ancient Nazca Lines in Peru and the different theories of how they were created. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-new-nazca-lines/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS ...  Show more