Nazca Lines – YourLibrary@MLC

Year 7 History – History Mysteries
Nazca Lines

This page has been created to support Year 7 HASS students with their inquiry task on History Mysteries: Nazca Lines

Last updated 27 February 2025

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NAZCA LINES (VIDEO)

Watch this video for an introduction to the Nazca Lines.

Discovery. (2010, January 19). Solving History – Nazca Wonder [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzatdt4e-5c

Use these terms to search the catalogue, eResources or the Internet.

Nazca Lines
Nasca Lines

Print Resources

Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about the Nazca Lines. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keyword.

985.27 HIN
Hinman, B. (2016). The mystery of the Nazca Lines. Core Library.

972 SAM
Samuels, C. (2014). Technology in the ancient Americas. Gareth Stevens Publishing.

726 MAS
Mason, P. (2005). Mysterious monuments. Macmillan Education.

930 SEV
Fagan, B. M. (2001). The seventy great mysteries of the ancient world. Thames & Hudson.

907.2 ARO
Aron, P. (2000). Unsolved mysteries of history : an eye-opening investigation into the most baffling events of all time. John Wiley & Sons Australia.

930.1 POL
Pollard, J. (2007). The story of archaeology in 50 great discoveries. Quercus.

eBooks

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eBook
Fagan, B. M. (2001). The seventy great mysteries of the ancient world. Thames & Hudson.

eResources

Use your keywords to search the following eResources.

You will need to select the High School level for the article on the Nazca Lines.

Websites

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to critically evaluate the website. We suggest using the SIFT and/or CRAAP method.

Cocks, M. (n.d.) The enigmatic Nazca Lines: The mysterious geoglyphs of Peru. History Skills. https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/nazca-lines/

Hirst, K.K. (2017). Geoglyphs: worldwide ancient art of the landscape https://www.thoughtco.com/geoglyphs-ancient-art-of-the-landscape-171094

This website will provide you with good information about geoglyphs in general.

Jarus, O. (2012). Nazca Lines: mysterious geoglyphs in Peru. https://www.livescience.com/22370-nazca-lines.html

Martinez, A. (2017). Satellite images may have solved the mystery of Peru’s Nazca Lines. http://observer.com/2017/05/satellite-images-reveal-answers-nazca-lines-mystery/

Metcalfe, T. (2017). 2,000-year-old killer whale geoglyph found in Peru desert. https://www.livescience.com/61035-ancient-killer-whale-geoglyph-peru.html

Nazca geoglyphs. (n.d.). https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/south-america-early/paracas-nasca/a/nasca-geoglyphs

Nazca Lines. (2017). https://www.history.com/topics/nazca-lines

Hall, S. (2010). Spirits in the sand.

Videos

McGraw Hill PreK-12. (2023). Middle School World History: Peru’s Nazca Lines [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/gZPoZ9rXiKk?si=YTXoIg8apgFQB_Fo

Kaschner, M. (Director). (2009). The secrets of Nazca [Video]. ClickView.

This video looks at different theories about the Nazca Lines and the Nazca people who created the lines.