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What was the purpose of the Nazca lines?
What was the purpose of the Nazca lines?
- They were used for hot-air balloons
- They were part of a giant astronomical calendar (correct)
- They were an 'airfield' for alien visitors
- None of the above
How were the Nazca lines discovered?
How were the Nazca lines discovered?
- By a surveyor and his pilot while mapping out a highway from above (correct)
- By a group of archaeologists digging in the Nazca desert
- By local farmers who stumbled upon them while tending to their crops
- None of the above
When did the ancient civilization that made the Nazca lines flourish?
When did the ancient civilization that made the Nazca lines flourish?
- 200 BC (correct)
- 2000 AD
- 200 AD
- 2000 BC
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Study Notes
- The Nazca lines are a series of lines dug into the Nazca desert in Peru.
- They were discovered in 1927 by surveyor Toribio Xesspe and his pilot while mapping out a highway from above.
- The lines form portraits of animals, insects, spirals, and triangles.
- The ancient civilization that made the lines flourished in 200 BC.
- The purpose of the lines is still unknown.
- Scientists speculate that they were part of a giant astronomical calendar or used for hot-air balloons.
- Writer Erich Von Däniken claimed they may have been an 'airfield' for alien visitors.
- The lines can only be seen clearly from above.
- There are thousands of lines, some straight, some curved, and some forming zigzags.
- The Nazca lines are a mystery that has puzzled people for hundreds of years.
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