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NAZCA LINES

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