Case file · Sacred site

Nazca Lines

Vast desert geoglyphs of animals and lines made by the Nazca culture.

400 BCE · -14.74, -75.13 · status: documented

The sceptical view

Made and visible from the ground; ritual and astronomical readings are debated — the 'alien runway' claim is rejected by archaeologists.

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