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World Heritage geoglyphs in Peru · Mysteria

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World Heritage geoglyphs in Peru

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🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Chinchaysuyo Ceque Lines (Greater Cusco)

Late Horizon (Inca Imperial) · Inca (Quechua)

High-altitude (3,400 m) radial sacred geography of the Inca capital: 41 ceque lines radiating from Coricancha/Qorikancha to huaca shrines bounding Sacsayhuamán pampa and Chinchaysuyo suyu.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Nazca Lines

Early Intermediate Period, Paracas to Nazca culture · Paracas / Nazca

Over 300 geometric and figurative geoglyphs etched by removing dark desert pavement to reveal light subsoil across 450 km² of arid Pampas, including 1.8 km hummingbird, monkey, spider, and trapezoids…