Medieval History
The first findings of the most detailed study yet by two British archaeologists into the Nazca Lines ? enigmatic drawings created between 2,100 and 1,300 years ago in the Peruvian desert ? have been published in the latest issue of the journal Antiquity.
As part of a five-year investigation, Professor Clive Ruggles of the University of Leicester?s School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Nicholas Saunders of the University of Bristol?s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology have walked 1,500 km of desert in southern Peru, tracing the lines and geometric figures created by the Nasca people between 100 BC and AD 700.
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New light on the Nazca Lines
The first findings of the most detailed study yet by two British archaeologists into the Nazca Lines ? enigmatic drawings created between 2,100 and 1,300 years ago in the Peruvian desert ? have been published in the latest issue of the journal Antiquity.
As part of a five-year investigation, Professor Clive Ruggles of the University of Leicester?s School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Nicholas Saunders of the University of Bristol?s Department of Archaeology and Anthropology have walked 1,500 km of desert in southern Peru, tracing the lines and geometric figures created by the Nasca people between 100 BC and AD 700.
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