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Nazca lines

The Nazca lines (/ˈnɑːzkə/, /-kɑː/) are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. There are two major phases of the Nazca lines, Paracas phase…

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Location
Southern Peru, South America
Area
75,358.47 ha (186,214.8 acres)
Criteria
Cultural: i, iii, iv
Inscription
1994 (18th Session)

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Palpa glyphs

Chinchas glyphs

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related to References · 81
Nazca lines → Aichwald/Germany, Albin Michel, American Philosophical Society, Analysis, Ancient Mysteries, Ancient Peru, Anthony, Archaeology, Aveni, BerlinReinhard, Brian, Brooklyn, Career Press, Creation, Documentation, Eds, Emma, ETH, February, Frauds
related to Pseudoscientific extraterrestrial origin · 22
Nazca lines → According, Arrival, At, Before Von Däniken's, Chariots, Däniken, Däniken's, Earth, Erich, Gods, In, Maria Reiche, Native Americans, Nazca, Nevertheless, Sanskrit, Swiss, The, These, UFOs
related to Images · 20
Nazca lines → Araña, Hands, Nazca, Phytomorphic, The, The Astronaut, The Condor, The Dog, The Flower, The Heron, The Hummingbird, The Lizard, The Monkey, The Parrot, The Pelican, The Snail, The Spider, The Spiral, The Tree, The Whale
related to 2024 AI-assisted discoveries · 12
Nazca lines → AI, AI-model, Culture, February, IBM Research, In, It, Peru, Peruvian Ministry, September, The, Yamagata University's Nazca Institute
related to Cultural hypotheses · 12
Nazca lines → According, Egypt, He, Henri Stierlin, Middle East, Nazca, Paracas, Peru, Some, Swiss, They, This
related to history · 12
Nazca lines → Although, He, In, León, Lima, Luis Monzón, Pedro Cieza, Peru, Peruvian, Spanish, The, Toribio Mejía Xesspe
related to Palpa glyphs · 11
Nazca lines → In, Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, Many, Nazca, Palpa, Paracas, Paracas Candelabra, Peruvian, Some, The Paracas, Their
related to Preservation and environmental concerns · 3
Nazca lines → Conservationists, Maria Reiche Centre, Viktoria Nikitzki
Area · 1
Nazca lines → 75,358.47 ha (186,214.8 acres)
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Nazca linesArea75,358.47 ha (186,214.8 acres)1.00infobox
Nazca linesCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Nazca linesCriteriaCultural: i, iii, iv1.00infobox
Nazca linesInscription1994 (18th Session)1.00infobox
Nazca linesLocationSouthern Peru, South America1.00infobox
Nazca linesReference7001.00infobox
Maria Reiche declared that his ideas were absurdinstance ofscientists and archeologists0.80text
should be discardedinstance ofscientists and archeologists0.80text
Nazca linesrelated to 2024 AI-assisted discoveriesIn0.60section
Nazca linesrelated to 2024 AI-assisted discoveriesYamagata University's Nazca Institute0.60section
Nazca linesrelated to 2024 AI-assisted discoveriesIBM Research0.60section
Nazca linesrelated to 2024 AI-assisted discoveriesAI0.60section

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