The Nazca Lines: Who Drew Them, How They Did It, and Why Nobody Agrees
On a remote plateau in southern Peru, etched into the desert surface over 2000 years ago, are hundreds of enormous geoglyphs — a hummingbird with a 96 metre wingspan, a spider the size of a football field, geometric lines extending for kilometres with extraordinary straightness. The Nazca Lines have been studied for over 80 years. Their makers are known. Their method has been demonstrated. Their purpose remains one of archaeology’s most genuinely contested questions.