The Nazca Lines
Peru's Enigma
An Overview
If you have flown from Lima to Arequipa in the South American country of Peru, low above the ground, you might have seen Nazca. Or should we say, the Nazca lines – beautiful drawings known as geoglyphs that span the desert south west of Peru.
The snake, the lizard, the spider, a flower, a man and 18 bird shapes, including the hummingbird and the condor. There are about 50 of these figures ranging in size from 25 meters to 275 meters long, and confined to a small corner of the desert.
Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1994, these drawings were produced over a period of a thousand years. Now, the Nazca are under threat as squatters have taken over large stretches of the region. They are poor and homeless people from nearby towns, and have resisted all attempts to evict them.
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