The Nazca Lines are located in the Nazca Plain (near Nazca) of Peru. Large geoglyphs that can only be easily seen from the air, they were created by the Nazca Indians for their gods. Several of the giant glyphs include a hummingbird, a monkey, other animal forms, and astronomical lines.
History[]
In 1957, Harold Oxley used the Nazca Lines in his letter as part of a clue to help direct Indiana Jones to find the Crystal Skull of Akator, hidden in Orellana's grave in the Chauchilla Cemetery on a cliff overlooking the plain. When Mutt Williams brought the letter to Jones, he correctly identified the "lines only the Gods can read" as the Nazca Lines. He opened his copy of Mirror of the Gods: Ancient Astronomy and Celestial Navigation which contained images of the Nazca Lines and showed them to Mutt.[1]
Jones and Mutt then flew to Peru. As they approached Nazca, their airplane flew over the lines.[1]
The Nazca Lines remain a mistery to this day, believed by some to be devices used by ancient peoples to communicate with alien visitors.[2]
Appearances[]
Indy showing Mutt images of the Nazca lines in a book
- Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (Cancelled)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (First appearance)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comic
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull audio pack
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources[]
- Indy's Notebook: "The Nazca Lines – Peru"
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
- The Indiana Jones Handbook
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Annual 2009
