The NASCAR lines of Peru - spirits in the sand

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 .