Desert Plains Reveal Hundreds Of Ancient Glyphs

The Nazca glyphs are believed to have been carved into the plateau beginning as early as 500 BCE.

The centuries of rain and erosion have made them fade over time, some of them vanishing forever to the naked eye. The combination of nature’s effect on the glyphs over the years and the massive size of the Nazca Pampa have worked to make proper research a daunting task.

The Nazca Pampa that hosts the Nazca glyphs is too large for great fieldwork to be conducted, with many of them being carved into the rock from high points on the plateau’s formation. The Nazca Pampa covers more than 150 square miles of land, which would take an eternity to cover by hand.