The Nazca Lines

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🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Carved into the Peruvian landscape over a millennia ago, the Nazca lines are some of the most famed, and ancient, geoglyphs in the world. When viewed from above they create astonishing, detailed images of animals that were sacred to the Nazca people. But despite being some of the most well known images of the ancient world, they're still shrouded in mystery. How were these immense images created, and more importantly, why?

In this episode Tristan is joined by Dr Sara Morrisset, an archaeologist and historian, who specialises in these momentous creations. A fountain of knowledge on all things Nazca and Nasca, what can Sara tell us about the Lines? Looking at the hummingbird, spider, and monkey to name a few - just who is responsible for the Nazca lines, and why were they created?

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0:00.0	It's the entrance on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's
0:13.2	podcast was an absolute belter of an episode today and one I've been very much looking
0:18.3	forward to sharing with you all because we're going to South America to talk about I think
0:24.9	it's fair to say the most famous, the most awesome set of ancient geogliffs in the whole world.
0:34.0	You might have heard the name because we are of course talking about the legendary the mysterious
0:39.7	Nazca lines. I've never been in person to see the Nazca lines in the desert but just from seeing
0:48.0	them on the internet alone and the various designs. They're stunning, the hummingbird, the spider,
0:55.3	the monkey, the killer well and so many other designs too. They are absolutely remarkable. I'm
1:03.4	sure seeing them in person must be a completely different experience entirely seeing them from the
1:08.8	air because they are just that next level. If you haven't seen them look them up now you won't be
1:16.6	disappointed. A nice visual guide too for the episode today all about them. What do we know about
1:21.6	them? Who built them? When? Why were they built and so on and so forth. To explain all about this
1:28.0	I was delighted to interview just over a month or so ago. Dr Sarah Morrison. Sarah is an expert on
1:34.3	the art of the ancient Andes. She's done a lot of work in Peru particularly on the nearby Ica Valley
1:40.7	but she also knows a lot about the Nazca culture and the Nazca line so it was such a pleasure
1:46.8	to interview Sarah on this. What's also so fascinating about these lines is that you can see
1:52.5	similarities between the designs, the things that these people depicted on the lines and their pottery,
2:00.6	their ceramics. For instance you have an example of a killer well being depicted as one of the
2:05.4	Nazca lines and you also have that killer well being depicted in amazing pottery too. Why? Why
2:13.2	killer well where you're going to find out about the theories in today's episode. You're going to
2:17.7	absolutely love it so without further ado to talk all about the Nazca lines. Here's Sarah.
2:43.2	Sarah wonderful to have you on the podcast today. Thank you for having me. You're more than welcome
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