Summary The largest picture book in the world has been opened up in the highlands of the Peruvian Andes: gigantic figures and lines carved into the rainless pampas by the indigenous coastal people of the Nazcas more than 1000 years ago. Ever since Erich von Däneken, the Munchausen of the space age, declared the Nazca lines an airport for extraterrestrials, Nazca has been almost as well known as the Empire State Building. The gigantic "geoglyphs", earth drawings, on more than 1000 square kilometers of dust-dry desert crust have survived thanks to the rainless climate until today. Caught in a web of lines and surfaces, a whole bestiary sits here: monkeys, spiders, dog-like four-legged creatures, reptiles and giant fish; the smallest is just 26 metres long, some giants even measure several hundred metres. There are still no clear indications what exactly the monstrous creatures may have meant for the Nazca culture. But one thing is clear: the whole area was a gigantic necropolis, a necropolis of the prehistoric Nacza - priests from the catchment area of the Rio Grande. More recent speculations suggest that the images served the priests as a gigantic astronomical calendar for predicting the solstice, sowing and harvesting times. "GO EAST" approaches the mystery of the giants of the Peruvian pampas and provides insights into the highly developed "cosmos" of a culture that dominated large parts of the South American world long before the Inca princes.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
Summary The largest picture book in the world has been opened up in the highlands of the Peruvian Andes: gigantic figures and lines carved into the rainless pampas by the indigenous coastal people of the Nazcas more than 1000 years ago. Ever since Erich von Däneken, the Munchausen of the space age, declared the Nazca lines an airport for extraterrestrials, Nazca has been almost as well known as the Empire State Building. The gigantic "geoglyphs", earth drawings, on more than 1000 square kilometers of dust-dry desert crust have survived thanks to the rainless climate until today. Caught in a web of lines and surfaces, a whole bestiary sits here: monkeys, spiders, dog-like four-legged creatures, reptiles and giant fish; the smallest is just 26 metres long, some giants even measure several hundred metres. There are still no clear indications what exactly the monstrous creatures may have meant for the Nazca culture. But one thing is clear: the whole area was a gigantic necropolis, a necropolis of the prehistoric Nacza - priests from the catchment area of the Rio Grande. More recent speculations suggest that the images served the priests as a gigantic astronomical calendar for predicting the solstice, sowing and harvesting times. "GO EAST" approaches the mystery of the giants of the Peruvian pampas and provides insights into the highly developed "cosmos" of a culture that dominated large parts of the South American world long before the Inca princes.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
