NAZCA MYSTERY
Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose.
Since I was in the area, covering the Ecuador Peu war, I have been interested in these lines. One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures etched across 200 square miles of Peruvian desert. Who created them and why?