The Nazca Lines are massive geoglyphs, the largest ever made. But why are they here in the middle of a vast and empty desert? Mystery Investigator: Olly Steeds: Nazca Lines, Discovery 2010
The lines cover more than a hundred and twenty-five square miles. And form one thousand geometric shapes ... Over fifty massive drawings of birds, animals and humans. ibid.
Maria Reiche believed that some of the Nazca lines were lined up with key celestial events. ibid.
When you mention Nazca lines to most people they think of visitors from outer space. ibid.
We don’t even know what the Nazca called themselves. ibid.
This Nazca flask is decorated with the image of the hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus. ibid.
So it’s clear the Nazca were performing rituals out on the lines. ibid.
They were places to perform religious ceremonies: specifically processions ... They reaffirmed that belief together. ibid.
In Peru we find these weird elongated skulls, and they’re bizarre looking. And these people look like aliens. David Childress, author Technology of the Gods
The Temple of the Fox: America’s oldest astronomical temple and its very first observatory. Evidence perhaps of knowledge that may be the key to unlocking one of the ancient world’s most baffling mysteries. What is the true purpose of the Nazca lines of Peru? Ancient X Files: Holy Shroud & Star God Temple, National Geographic 2010
At dawn on the longest day in the southern hemisphere sunlight gradually moved across the temple, entered the chamber and then hit the frowning face. ibid.
The giant condor can only be seen from the air and is apparently pointing towards the Milky Way. ibid.
While the Greeks and Egyptians were studying the stars, the ancient Andean civilisations were looking to the dark spaces between them. ibid.
The Lines themselves are superficial, they are only 10 to 30 cm deep and could be washed away ... Nazca has only ever received a small amount of rain. But now there are great changes to the weather all over the world. The Lines cannot resist heavy rain without being damaged. Viktoria Nikitzki, Maria Reiche Centre
They have been called the World’s Greatest Archaeological Enigma. 2,000-year-old drawings so massive they can only be seen from the air. But what are they are why were they created? History’s Greatest Mysteries s4e19: Unlocking the Secrets of the Nazca Lines, History 2023
The Nazca lines in Peru are the biggest drawings in the world. So big we can only view them complete from the air. Etched in the desert at least 2,000 years ago, they must be the work of a civilisation of astronomers. Quest for the Lost Civilisation II: Lost Knowledge, Channel 4 1998
There are ruined pyramids at Nazca. They were blown out of recognition by the wind. ibid.