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Unexplained newly discovered lines near Nazca Desert

February 25, 2011

The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana about 400 km south of Lima.

Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 CE. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, llamas, and lizards.

The lines are shallow designs made in the ground by removing the ubiquitous reddish pebbles and uncovering the whitish ground beneath. Hundreds are simple lines or geometric shapes; more than seventy are designs of animal, bird, fish or human figures. The largest figures are over 200 metres (660 ft) across. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but they generally ascribe religious significance to them.

More Nazca Lines discovered with Google Earth

Although most people are familiar with Nazca animal geoglyphs,  the majority is unaware of  much more intriguing and unexplained huge lines (many km)  scattered over the Nazca Desert and nearby mountains. The erosion indicates that these lines are much older than animal geoglyphs. Here are few photos of these mysterious lines generated with help of Google Earth:

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