Tagged With "Nazca"

I thought I'd add this as a footnote to the post. Japanese scientists believe they have discovered a number of new shapes in the Nazca lines. You can read more at this link .

 Flying in a tiny Cessna across the Nazca Lines is why people from all over the world come to this small city in the desert.

 Japanese archaeologists (Univ. of Yamagata) announced their discovery of 2 dozen new geoglyphs on Peru's the Nazca Plateau, a mile north of the city of Nazca. 

Gumbo was driving down the Pan Am Highway in Peru, making his way through the Nazca Desert along the foothills of the Andes.  This is one of the driest places in the world and is home to the Nazca lines.

 Situated in Peru's coastal desert, about 400 km south of Lima, are a number of ancient geoglyphs the history and purpose of which is unknown.  It's thought they may have been crafted about the 5th or 6th century A.D.  These many...