Mysteries of the
Nazca Civilization
The Pre Inca Nazca culture
appeared from 200AD to 600AD
The Nazca People
The Nazca people are very
unknown but extremely
accomplished and advanced.
Some believe that the Nazca didn’t
have any written record at all.
Others think Nazca people were
aided by ancient aliens.
The Nazca Lines
Located in Southern Peru, scientists and others have found over 700 hieroglyphs and counting
stretching over 50 miles of land in Peru.
These lines are carved into the desert and can only be seen from the sky. They’re drawn into lighter
colored strata which contrasts with darker gravels on the plain.
Some 700 geoglyphs are thought to have been drawn by the ancient Nazca people between the
first and sixth centuries.
The Nazca Lines
All of the drawings were said to have been drawn using a single
line, that never crosses itself, and were believed to be an appeal
to the gods to bring rain.
In general terms, the geoglyphs fall into two categories:
1. natural objects, such as animals, birds and insects
2. lines and shapes such as spirals, triangles and rectangles.
Which category does this belong
to?
Which category does this belong
to?
Which category does this belong
to?
Which category does this belong
to?
Which category does this belong
to?
Which category does this belong
to?
The Nazca Lines
Archaeological surveys have found wooden stakes in the
ground at the end of some lines, which support the
theory the ancient people used simple tools and
surveying equipment to construct the lines - It would
have taken them years upon years to create these!
The Nazca Lines
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They were first spotted from the air in 1939
when a pilot flew over the Nazca region of the
Peruvian coastal highlands.
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The huge images, which include hundreds of
animals and complex mazes in the Nazca desert,
can only clearly be seen from the air
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WHO WERE THEY MADE FOR?
The Nazca Lines
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The mystery about why they were created has been
debated for decades:
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One theory is that the geoglyphs are connected in some
way to water.
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For example, a triangular geoglyph at the bottom of the
Cerro Blanco mountain runs along the water veins inside
the mountain
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The condor geoglyph is linked to local legend, which
states that when the condor flies over the mountain,
‘great rains follow’
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The ‘hummingbird’ geoglyph only appears in the
summer following heavy rainfall
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Flattened Mountain
Scientists and researchers all agree
that the mountain top seems to
have been flattened or removed.
Some believe that it was made to
be a landing strip for flying craft,
others think that it was erosion.
Trophy heads
The Nazca people would often collect “trophy heads”, which
involved them tightly wrapping cloth around infants heads,
causing them to be elongated and deformed.
DO THESE HEAD SHAPES REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING?
For hundreds of years
researchers have been baffled
Spirals
by what these spirals were
used for.
But, recently, using Google
satellite images, some
researchers believe they found
the answer:
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What do you think?
1. Were the Nazca people ahead of their
time?
2. Did they have help from / were they in
contact with extraterrestrial beings?
3. Why did they create designed lines that
are only visible from the air?
4. Why did they flatten mountain tops?
