Have you ever heard of the Nazca Lines?😮 | Culture Trip

72K views · 878 reactions | This extensive system of subterranean aqueducts and reservoirs allowed the Nazca civilization to distribute water in one of the most arid places in the world. | Atlas Obscura | Facebook

From the Nazca Lines carved into the desert to the strange burial finds nearby, southern Peru keeps rewriting what we think we know about the ancient world. Researchers at a Peruvian university have uncovered unusual mummified remains, intricate textiles, and vivid cave art showing three-fingered and three-toed figures that echo the shapes drawn across the plateau. In the local Kawki dialect, the name of the surrounding region translates to “laboratory for insemination and cloning.” Whether thes