Geoglyphs (original drawings on the surface of the earth) Nazca - one of the most mysterious places on the planet, one of the most amazing evidence left on the land of ancient culture. They are in the desert of San Jose.

This huge geoglyphs, representing images of living creatures, stylized plants and mythical creatures, as well as geometric figures several kilometers long. They are like a scratched on stony ground Pampa Ingenio and the height of human growth is only a stratagem obscure yellow intersecting lines drawn by someone on a reddish background of the desert. The images are so great that to see with their land is impossible. They can be seen only with a bird's-eye view.

The mystery picture is the incomprehensibility of their appointment, the uncertainty of the people who created them, as well as the method of application on the ground.

Official science believes that these signs are marked one of the Native American cultures to the Inca period, "Nasca" that existed in the south of Peru 1100 - 1700 years ago. These figures are scattered in the desert area 500 km2, emerged after a thorough cleaning of dark stones and small pebbles of yellowish sandy surface, which in this case exposed. However, the appointment of these figures is unknown.

Since 1926, when they were discovered, researchers have proposed many hypotheses. Alfred Kroeber and Toribio Mejia, the first to discover these mysterious lines, assumed in these figures are scattered around the desert in the space of 500 km2, emerged after a thorough cleaning of dark stones and small pebbles of yellowish sandy surface, which in this case exposed. However, the appointment of these figures is unknown.

Many signs - for example, a mound of stones at the intersection points of lines - say that the figure was performed religious functions. Also believed that they could perform the ritual astronomical functions. Undeniable enigmatic and mysterious appeal of these figures, the addicted and serious researchers, and laypeople.

To preserve them for posterity, visitors are now strictly forbidden to step on the line. From the observation platform, located in the mountains about 20 kilometers north of the geoglyphs well reviewed three figures.