Nazca lines

The Nazca Lines are one of Peru's most well-known features, which are hand-carved shapes of animals in the gypsum desert.

Little is actually known about Peru’s Nazca Lines. These Nazca Lines Facts will give you helpful visitor insight and help you piece together some of the unknowns, and you can make up your own mind regarding what’s truth and what’s historical fiction. Many lingering questions remain: What do they represent? Who built them? Were aliens

The Nazca Lines in #Peru were created between 200BC and 500AD, and have remained largely intact due to the dryness of the desert. Mos of these geoglyphs can only be seen from the air and vary in complexity. They are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

By Human Odyssey Located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima, the geoglyphs of Nazca cover about 450 km. Thes...

Map of Nazca Lines designs

In the 1920s, when people first flew across southern Peru, they made an astonishing discovery. Stretching below them, written on the earth of this remote desert region, were thousands of gigantic drawings: animals, insects and birds; long, long straight lines and odd geometric shapes.

"This could be a clue as to why they drew them in the first place."

The Amazing Nazca Lines in Peru Of course, Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and Machu Picchu are the most visited attractions in Peru, but there are other great…

Motorcycle rentals in Peru give you the chance to fly over the Nazca Lines. Given the option, should you?