USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Religion and Beliefs The people of the Nazca culture were polytheistic and pantheistic, that is worshiped nature and the mountains, sea, sky, earth, fire, water, etc.. Most of the temples and other buildings were created in honor of these deities, in order to please the gods to not suffer famine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anthropologists believe the Nazca culture, which began around 100 B.C. and flourished from A.D. 1 to 700, created the majority of the Nazca Lines. The Chavin and Paracas cultures, which predate the Nazca, may have also created some of the geoglyphs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most widely popular belief is that the lines had religious purpose. The lines were offerings to their gods, who would have been able to see them from the heavens. Other scientists say they are sacred pathways that the ancient Nazca people used during their religious rituals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nazca Lines (/ˈnæzkɑː/) 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 differently colored dirt exposed.