Across the arid plains of southern Peru, the desert floor blooms with mystery. Giant hummingbirds, monkeys, spiders, and trapezoids stretch hundreds of meters across the earth, too large to recognize from the ground, yet unmistakable from above. These are the Nazca Lines: a network of more than 1,300 geoglyphs, created between 500 BCE and 500 CE by the ancient Nazca culture. Some are straight lines stretching for miles. Others are stylized figures, spirals, and creatures. The
