USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nazca Lines are a collection of giant geoglyphs-designs or motifs etched into the ground-located in the Peruvian coastal plain about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Lima, Peru.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are particularly famous for their colourful pottery, textiles and geoglyphs known as the Nasca Lines – hundreds of huge lines, geometric figures and figurative images carved into the earth covering more than 500 square kilometres.

Detailed explanation-4: -LOCATION OF THE NAZCA LINES The Nazca Lines map is located primarily within the Nazca desert, in the Pampas de Jumana, between the cities of Nazca and Palpa. The lines are located within the arid Peruvian coastal plain, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Lima.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.