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Pre-Columbian geoglyph sacred sites
Explore Pre-Columbian geoglyph sacred sites across countries, regions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes.
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Nasca - El Árbol
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Tree geoglyph consists of a short, thick trunk that splits and expands into numerous large branches decorated with smaller twig-like extensions in a lush, flourishing...
Nasca - El Garza
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Heron geoglyph depicts a long-necked wading bird stretching across the desert floor, approximately three hundred metres in length.
Líneas de Nazca
Nazca, Ica, Peru
Across fifty square kilometres of Peruvian desert, the Nazca people etched more than a thousand kilometres of lines and hundreds of figures into the earth between 500 BC...
Nasca - La Flor
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Flower — petals radiating from a centre, approximately eighty metres across.
Nasca - El Astronauta
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Astronaut is a humanoid figure etched into a hillside rather than the flat desert floor, making it unusual among Nazca geoglyphs....
Nasca - El Colibrí
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Hummingbird is perhaps the most iconic of all Nazca geoglyphs. At ninety-three metres long, its pointed beak, well-defined wings, and elegant tail are rendered with...
Nasca - El Araña
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Spider geoglyph measures forty-seven metres in length and is rendered with remarkable anatomical detail....
Nasca - El Caracol
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Caracol depicts a spiral form approximately sixty metres across.
Nasca - El Manos
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Hands geoglyph depicts two human hands reaching upward, one with four fingers and one with five. Visible from the Mirador alongside the Tree.
Nasca - El Perro
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Dog geoglyph depicts a canine figure approximately fifty-one metres in length with straight parallel legs, an open mouth, and upright ears and tail.
Nasca - La Lagartija
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Lizard, approximately 188 metres, is bisected by the Panamericana Sur highway. Upper portion visible from the Mirador.
Nasca - El Loro
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Parrot depicts a tropical bird with head, beak, and crest visible. Lower portions partially erased.
Nasca - La Ballena
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Whale geoglyph depicts a marine creature approximately twenty-seven metres in length on the desert floor....
Nasca - El Cóndor
Nazca, Ica, Peru
At one hundred and thirty-four metres, the Condor is one of the largest figurative geoglyphs in the Nazca corpus....
Nasca - El Pelícano
Nazca, Ica, Peru
At approximately two hundred and eighty-five metres, the Pelican is one of the longest figurative geoglyphs....
Nasca - El Mono
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Monkey geoglyph measures ninety-three by fifty-eight metres and is instantly recognisable by its spiralling tail and distinctive nine-fingered hands....
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- What Pre-Columbian geoglyph sacred sites are included?
- This guide includes 16 Pre-Columbian geoglyph sacred sites, filtered from the Pilgrim Map atlas for stronger browsing and planning context.
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