With another fatal accident over the Nazca lines, will action finally be taken?
Another crash of an aircraft carrying tourists over the famous Nazca lines. How many deaths are needed before correct safety measures are taken?
Posts Tagged "nazca lines"
Documentary: Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets
Readers in the US take note! This Sunday at 10 PM EST, the National Geographic Channel will be premiering a new documentary, Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets, from Edge West Productions, directed by celebrated British documentarian Philip J. Day.
February 18, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Heavy rains damage Nazca lines
Floods caused by the strong rains in the Andes of the past few days, an event that occurs every year, have affected one of the famous lines, part of dozens declared a UNESCO site in 1994.
Following information from archaeologist Mario Olaechea, coordinator of the National Institute of Culture (INC) in Nasca, the flash flood in question was caused by rain that has fallen in the Andean gully known as San Pablo, carving a path through the normally dry and barren Nazcan desert towards the figure known as la mano or the hand.
January 19, 2009 | News
The Nazca Civilisation
Descended from the older Paracas civilisation, the Nazca are of course most famous for their countless mysterious lines draw in the rocky desert plains in which they lived. They were also great water engineers, creating a series of complex aqueducts.
December 3, 2008 | Culture & History
Some Nazca Lines aircraft over 50 years old
The amazing shapes and lines drawn on the plains of Nasca have led to a growth in passenger numbers at the Maria Reiche aerodrome of some 110% in the past 10 years. This however has not gone hand in hand with proper renovation of the terminal’s aircraft.
December 3, 2008 | Ica, Pisco, Nazca Guide, News
Maria Reiche
…Tirelessly, she spent day after day of her life under the hot sun cleaning rocks from lines, and working on her theories as to what they were for. She for one came to the conclusion that the lines were some kind of calendar, marking solstices and the passage of stars and constellations…
December 1, 2008 | Culture & History, Ica, Pisco, Nazca Guide
Nine fingered destiny of Maria Reiche
One of the stranger tales told about the Nazca Lines and the work done on finding their meaning by the great Maria Reiche begins not long after the German first arrived in Peru.
She had, when leaving her native Germany for Peru in the early 1930s, sensed she might not return. A feeling compounded by the [...]
December 1, 2008 | Opinion
Could the Nazcans fly?
It is a mystery as yet unsolved. How were the ancient Nazca able to draw such huge and complicated designs in the barren Nazca plains, drawings so large that they are only visible from the air? Could it be that this pre-Inca civilisation mastered some form of flight allowing them to both create and appreciate their work? Some think so.
November 25, 2008 | Culture & History
The Nazca Lines
Etched into the barren rocky desert plains of of Nazca, in the region of Ica, is a mystery yet to be solved. Stretching for miles, and only visible from the air, are a series of lines, geometric shapes and figures that are 2000 years old. Created by the Nazca civilisation, their true purpose has yet to be determined.
November 12, 2008 | Archaeology, Ica, Pisco, Nazca Guide
Treasures of Peru video
Join Dan Cruickshank in a journey across Peru in which he discovers what he considers to be some of the world’s greatest treasures.
February 26, 2008 | Opinion
