Nazca Desert Mystery Preview
Preview: Season 49 Episode 17 | 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Who created the Nazca lines and why? New clues to one of the greatest ancient enigmas.
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? Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose.
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Nazca Desert Mystery Preview
Preview: Season 49 Episode 17 | 27sVideo has Closed Captions
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? Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose.
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