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The Nazca Lines

The Nazca lines are found throughout the Nazca Desert located in Southern Peru. The lines themselves date from 400 BC to 600 AD. What makes the lines interesting is that they are done with an unbroken line. The lines themselves are made by removing small stones to reveal a different colored clay beneath. Since there is little to no weathering in the desert (temperatures of an almost constant 77 degrees ), the lines are kept in tact in beautiful condition for all to behold today. Since the lines have been discovered in the 1930s by Andean pilots there have been a variety of theories as to why the lines were created and by whom. This question has been a burden on archaeologists around the world as each seem to come up with differing theories as to why the lines were created; but in the end whose right? Although none of the theories have solid physical evidence (i.e. ethnohistorical reports, explanations in art, etc.) it is easy to pick through the ones that are less feasible to find the most believable.