First spotted in the 1920s.
Beginning more than 2,000 years ago.
Local men and women sacrificed at a time of drought.
Location: Southern Peru , north of the town of NASCAR .
The lines etched on the floor of the desert.
( when commercial art travel was introduced between Lima and the southern
Peruvian of Arequipa .)
After World War II , German-born teacher : Maria Reiche - made the first formal
surveys of the lines and figures = geoglyphs( outside NASCAR and the nearby town of Palpa.
The story begins , and ends with water.
NASCAR line played a crucial part in the rituals of people who prayed for rain to fall in the Andes .
1.The coastal region of southern Peru
2.The northern Chile
-one of the driest places on Earth.
10 rivers descend from the Andes .