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Stories about: Nazca lines

Nazca Lines Created by Prayers Walking The Nazca lines are huge, intricate geoglyphs, built directly into the ground of the Nazca Desert, in modern-day Peru. The arid stretch of land is 80 kilometers (50 miles) long, and houses a myriad of intricate drawings, visible only from the air and satellite, which has prompted the question as to what created them,... 26 January 2009 09:53 GMT Ancient People Were Fond Head Collectors Recent studies done on trophy heads collected from funeral monuments of prominent Nazca leaders show that they did not belong to rival cultures, as it was first expected. The heads were not captured in battles, but came from the same tribes as the people they were buried with. Why this civilization collected heads is... 6 January 2009 04:19 GMT