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The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː / [1]) are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 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. [ 4 ]
Español: Vista aérea del "Colibrí", uno de los geoglifos más conocidos de las Líneas de Nazca, situadas en el Desierto de Sechura en el sur de Perú.Los geoglifos de este Patrominio de la Humanidad según la UNESCO (desde 1994) se reparten en un área de 80 km de largo entre las ciudades de Nazca y Palpa y tienen una antigüedad, según diferentes estudios, de entre 500 a.C. y 500 d.C.
Español: Vista aérea de la "Araña", uno de los geoglifos más conocidos de las Líneas de Nazca, situadas en el Desierto de Sechura en el sur de Perú.Los geoglifos de este Patrominio de la Humanidad según la UNESCO (desde 1994) se reparten en un área de 80 km de largo entre las ciudades de Nazca y Palpa y tienen una antigüedad, según diferentes estudios, de entre 500 a.C. y 500 d.C.
Articles relating to the Nazca Lines, their history, and their depictions.They are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.They were created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed.
Nazca (/ ˈ n ɑː s k ɑː,-k ə /; sometimes spelled Nasca; possibly from Quechua: nanasqa, lit. 'hurt') is a city and system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru. The city of Nazca is the largest in the Nazca Province. The name is derived from the Nazca culture, which flourished in the area
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Nazca Female Effigy Figure, made of sperm whale tooth, shell and hair. The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley. [1]
Original – Aerial view of the "Monkey", one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. Reason High resolution. FP on Commons. Articles in which this image appears Nazca Lines, Nazca, Nasca Province, History of art FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places ...