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NAZCA LINES

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  • What was very important to the Nazca culture?
    water
  • What is it?
    monkey
  • How did people make the lines?
    They removed the red rocks on the surface to show the white ground below.
  • In which part of Peru can you find the Nazca Lines?
    south of Peru
  • Which country are they found in?
    Peru
  • What is it?
    spider
  • There is very little _________ and _________ in this area.
    There is very little wind and rain in this area.
  • What three animals do the pictures show?
    monkey, bird and spider
  • Who saw these lines for the first time?
    a pilot
  • What are they called?
    They are called Nazca Lines.
  • What is it?
    bird
  • What three reasons does Professor Sanz give for why people made the pictures?
    They showed the way across the desert, the position of the stars and where water flowed under the desert.
  • How many pictures are there altogether?
    over 300 pictures
  • Where can you find the Nazca Lines?
    in the south of Peru
  • How old are the Nazca Lines?
    Between 500 and 2,000 years old.
  • When did they become famous?
    They became famous when a pilot saw them.
  • Why can you still see the pictures today?
    There's very little rain and wind in the area.
  • They are amazing _________ in the desert.
    pictures