Nazca Lines

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site geoglyphs

The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Nazca Lines canonical	28
Palpa geoglyphs	3
Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana	2
Nazca Lines archaeological site	1
Nazca Lines as a subject of scientific study	1
Nazca Lines observation towers	1
Nazca cultural landscape	1
Nazca culture	1
Nazca lines	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ geoglyphs ⓘ
approximateConstructionEnd	c. 500 CE ⓘ
approximateConstructionStart	c. 500 BCE ⓘ
climateCondition	extremely arid ⓘ
constructedBy	Nazca culture ⓘ Paracas culture ⓘ
controversy	purpose remains debated ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
creationMethod	removal of surface pebbles to expose lighter subsoil ⓘ
culture	Nazca culture ⓘ
depicts	condor ⓘ dog ⓘ hands ⓘ heron ⓘ hummingbird ⓘ lizard ⓘ monkey ⓘ spider ⓘ spirals ⓘ straight lines ⓘ trapezoids ⓘ tree ⓘ whale ⓘ
discoveredByModernScience	early 20th century ⓘ
earlyAerialStudyBy	Maria Reiche ⓘ Paul Kosok ⓘ
featureType	animal figures ⓘ biomorphic figures ⓘ geometric shapes ⓘ lines ⓘ plant figures ⓘ
governedBy	Peruvian Ministry of Culture ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
largestFigureLengthApprox	over 300 meters ⓘ
locatedIn	Nazca Desert ⓘ Peru ⓘ surface form: southern Peru
material	desert surface ⓘ reddish-brown iron oxide–coated pebbles ⓘ
nearestTown	Nazca culture ⓘ surface form: Nazca Palpa ⓘ
numberOfIndividualGeoglyphsApprox	hundreds ⓘ
possibleFunction	astronomical markers ⓘ processional pathways ⓘ ritual landscape ⓘ water-related rituals ⓘ
preservationFactor	stable dry climate ⓘ
region	Ica Region ⓘ
researcherAssociatedWithPreservation	Maria Reiche ⓘ
threat	illegal encroachment ⓘ modern development ⓘ vehicle tracks ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Nazca period ⓘ Late Paracas period ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Peru ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1994 ⓘ
visibility	best seen from the air ⓘ

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Subject: Nazca Lines
Description of subject: The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peru → contains → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Peru → preColumbianCulture → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca culture

Peru → hasWorldHeritageSite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana

Nazca culture → knownFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Nazca culture → created → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Ica Region → knownFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Ica Region → contains → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Maria Reiche → workedOn → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palpa geoglyphs

Maria Reiche → heritageSiteAdvocatedFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana

Palpa → hasNearby → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palpa geoglyphs

Nazca Desert → knownFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Nazca Desert → contains → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Lines archaeological site

Nazca Desert → heritageDesignationRelatedSite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa

Fingerprints of the Gods → notableChapterTopics → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca lines

Southern Peru → hasTouristAttraction → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Paul Kosok → studied → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Paul Kosok → helpedEstablish → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Lines as a subject of scientific study

Cahuachi → associatedWith → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Cahuachi → near → Nazca Lines ⓘ

puquios → relatedTo → Nazca Lines ⓘ

subject surface form: Puquios

Estaquería → nearbySite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Ventilla → partOf → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca cultural landscape

South Coast of Peru → knownFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

South Coast of Peru → hasArchaeologicalSite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

South Coast of Peru → touristAttraction → Nazca Lines ⓘ

modern Peru → contains → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Ica → hasNearby → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Nazca → famousFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Nazca → near → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Nazca → hasTouristAttraction → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Lines observation towers

Reiche → notableWorkLocation → Nazca Lines ⓘ

subject surface form: Maria Reiche

The Mystery on the Desert → mainSubject → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Maria Reiche Museum in Nazca → locatedNear → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Maria Reiche Museum in Nazca → focusesOn → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Lady of the Lines → researchFocus → Nazca Lines ⓘ

subject surface form: Maria Reiche

Region of Ica → knownFor → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Region of Ica → containsSite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

Palpa Province → hasArchaeologicalSite → Nazca Lines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palpa geoglyphs

Nazca drainage → associatedWith → Nazca Lines ⓘ