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DAY 39 | ARTISTIC ODDITIES |
Nazca Lines
ANCIENT GEOGLYPHS OF PERU
About 200 miles south of Lima, Peru, in the desert plains, there are nearly 1,000 depictions of geometric shapes and animals. When seen from the ground, they are nothing more than lines in the sand, but when viewed from above, they are impressive works of art. Some of the earliest examples of what are commonly called “Nazca Lines” date to about 200 BCE. Shapes of lizards, monkeys, hummingbirds, spirals, triangles, and perfectly straight lines that stretch for miles on end litter the valley floor. These shapes are so large that to fully appreciate them, you need to be in ...
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