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The Band of Holes, also known in Spanish as Monte Sierpe (serpent mountain) or Cerro Viruela (smallpox hill), is a series of about 5,000–6,000 man-sized holes [1] found in the Pisco Valley on the Nazca Plateau in Peru. Local people have no idea who made them or how they were used.
Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
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]
AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert. Katie Hunt, CNN. September 27, 2024 at 11:49 AM. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
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]
Over 160 massive carvings were found dotting the desert landscape, photos show.
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.
The Nazca culture flourished in the area from 200 BCE to 650 CE. [17] [18] The Nazca puquios are found along five of the nine named feeder streams into the Rio Grande de Nazca. From south to north, the rivers with puquios are Las Trancas, Taruga, and the Nazca, which has two tributaries, the Tierras Blancas and the Aja.