NESTLED IN THE ARID PLAINS OF THE ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE LIES A REGION THAT IS KNOWN AS THE PAMPA COLORADA OR "THE RED PLAIN". AT FIRST GLANCE, FROM THE GROUND IT MAY LOOK UNIFORM TAKE A CLOSER LOOK OR BETTER YET HAVE A GANDER AT IT FROM ABOVE, AND YOU WILL COME TO SEE WHAT MAKES THIS AREA DISTINCT....IT IS LITTERED WITH GEOGLYPHS THAT ARE STRIKINGLY WHITE AGAINST THE RUSTY COLORED PLAIN FLOOR; NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS. THEIR NUMBERS RANGE IN THE THOUSANDS AND TAKE ON HUMAN, ANIMAL, PLANT, AS WELL AS GEOMETRIC FORMS.
WHILE THEIR PRESCENCE IS UNDENIABLE, THE QUESTION REMAINS "WHY WHERE THESE GLYPHS CREATED"?. IT SEEMS THAT THE ANSWERS AS TO WHY THEY WERE BUILT NUMBER ALMOST AS MANY AS THE GLYPHS THEMSELVES, THOUGH SOME SEEM TO HAVE MORE CREDIBILITY THAN OTHERS.
Subject: WHAT ARE THE NAZCA LINES? 