Maria and the Stars of Nazca

Imagine a secret so large, no one could see it-even if it was lying out in broad daylight! Such was the secret hidden in the Nazca desert of Peru. Here, ancient line drawings were so large that people couldn't see them from the ground. It was not until airplanes began to fly over that region that the great lines and figures could be viewed plainly. One of the first people to discover the Nazca Lines was a German mathematician named Maria Reiche. She was so fascinated by this place that she decid