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    The Nazca lines (/ˈnɑːzkə/, /-kɑː/) are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between...
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    area between 100 BC and AD 800. This culture was responsible for the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi. They also constructed additional...
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    would have required the coordination of large groups of laborers: the Nazca Lines, immense designs in the desert whose purpose is unknown, and puquios...
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    regarding the Nazca Lines, von Däniken states that "Seen from the air, the clear-cut impression that the 60 km [37-mile] long plain of Nazca made on me was...
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    can be seen from a distance. Perhaps the most famous geoglyphs are the Nazca lines in Peru. The cultural significance of these geoglyphs for their creators...
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    which she dated to around 200 BCE. The geoglyph is related to the Nazca lines. Nazca Lines Papalexandrou, Nassos. CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES (Vol 5 2007 ed.)...
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  • Maria Reiche (category Nazca Lines)
    research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American historian Paul Kosok. Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the...
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    better-known Nazca Lines (which differ from the Sajama Lines in that some of the Nazca are depictions of animals) neither the purpose of these lines, nor how...
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    around the area. Located in the Jumana Pampas, Nazca Desert in Ica. The Nazca Lines (Líneas de Nazca) are ancient geoglyphs composed of several hundred...
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    Marcona Nazca Vista Alegre The Nazca Province is the birthplace of the Nazca culture. The Province is also famous with the so-called Nazca lines, located...
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    Erich von Däniken (category Nazca Lines)
    documents. Von Däniken brought the Nazca Lines to public prominence in Chariots of the Gods? with his proposal that the lines were built on instructions from...
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    creations known as the Nazca Lines, which are geoglyphs and geometric line clearings in the Atacama desert, in the district of Nazca. On a large, rock-strewn...
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    the Nazca produced an array of beautiful crafts and technologies such as ceramics, textiles, and geoglyphs (most commonly known as the Nazca lines). They...
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  • up nasca, nazca, Nazca, or Nasca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nazca is a city in Peru. Nazca, NAZCA or Nasca may also refer to: Nazca Desert, an...
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    Greenpeace (category Nazca Lines)
    modified wheat and, according to the Peruvian Government, damaging the Nazca Lines, a UN World Heritage site. In the late 1960s, the U.S. had planned its...
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  • within the Nazca lines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inside Peru. Demonstrators entered the restricted area surrounding the Hummingbird lines and laid down...
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  • Secrets of the Lost Satellite (category Nazca Lines)
    is the debut solo album by Ken Andrews. The album cover features the Nazca Lines taken by photographs from the Spot satellite in which the album was most...
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    shown to predate the associated Nazca lines by a thousand years. The theorized evolution of the Paracas culture into the Nazca supports this assignment. In...
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  • Chariots of the Gods (film) (category Nazca Lines)
    these include the Bible, the Pyramids, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Nazca Lines. The film was re-edited and dubbed into English by Sunn Classic Pictures...
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  • Chariots of the Gods? (category Nazca Lines)
    Däniken describes as showing Earth as it is seen from space, and the Nazca Lines in Peru, which he suggests may have been constructed by humans as crude...
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    of surface plants or soil. The most famous desert intaglios are the Nazca Lines in Peru. The Blythe Geoglyphs or intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs)...
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    and spans over 100,000 square metres, making it far larger than the Nazca Lines geoglyph in southern Peru, or any other known geoglyph. The geoglyphs...
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    city of Palpa. North: Huancavelica Region East: Ayacucho Region South: Nazca Province West: Ica Province The Palpa Province is divided into five districts...
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  • international releases, though the elements of the former culture, including the Nazca Lines, can still be seen. The player is not the only one in search for those...
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  • Mysteries of the Unknown (category Nazca Lines)
    to the Earth's center, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, and the Nazca lines. UK edition: "Mystic Places" (1988/03, ISBN 0705406679) French edition:...
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    Pedro Cieza de León (category Nazca Lines)
    Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1518 or 1520 – Seville, Spain July 2, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán. He is...
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    of South America, including the Tiwanaku and Inca. Paracas Candelabra Nazca Lines "Atacama Giant". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2022-07-06. Hirst, K. Kris...
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    airport serving Nazca, in the Ica Region of Peru. The airport is named after Maria Reiche, a principal researcher and proponent of the Nazca Lines. The airport...
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    hummingbirds. The Nahuatl word huitzil translates to hummingbird. One of the Nazca Lines depicts a hummingbird (right). Trinidad and Tobago, known as "The land...
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  • period in Carlisle, England. 23 – Scientists discovered more than 300 new Nazca Lines figures in Peru. 25 – Scientists found the world's oldest cheese, 3500...
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