The Nazca Plain

The Nazca Plain  is located in South America
in the country of Peru. It is situated on a coastal  plain, and is    about  400km south  of  Lima .

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The  Nazca  Plain  contains  what are  called 
Geo-glyphs . These  are  lines  on  the ground  representing birds ,  plants  and  human  figures  , fish  ,monkeys and llamas

  














   The  lines  were  created  by the Nazca culture  between 400 and  650  A. D. There  are  literally  hundreds  of  figures  at the  site . 


  

   


The  area  where the  Nazca  Plain is  situated  has  a  very  dry  and  windless  climate  .  Because of  this  the  lines  have  been almost perfectly  persevered .

  The  myth  that the lines  were  first  spoted by the  air  is false.  They  were  first sited in 1927  by  the  Peruvian  archaeologist  Toribio  Xesspe  while  walking  in the  near by  foothills .



  The  first to  study  the  lines at  Nazca  was  Paul   Kosok  in 1940- 41.



  The person  really  credited  with  studying  the  site  was  Maria  Riche  a  German  Mathematician.   Riche  felt  that the  lines  were  drawn  to  mark  the  solstice and  the Equinox  . This  was for the  harvest  season . 

  The interesting thing  about the  Nazca lines  are  that  there have  been  other  sites  discovered that  are  almost  identical  to  Nazca .  

 Another point of interest  about Nazca  is the  fact that  the  Geo-glyphs  had  to  be  laided out  by some  type of  air  support .  It would  only be  logical to  assume  that the  Nazca culture  had  some  understanding  of  flight , probably  hot air  balloons . 

 Along with  Easter Island   , Machu Pichu  and  other  sites  , the  Nazca  lines are   another  unexplained  phenomena 

  By  
              Kenneth  Lafler