NAZCA, Peru — You look at the massive collection of lengthy grooves and geoglyphs in the bone-dry desert of southern Peru, and you know immediately they are one of the great unsolved mysteries of this ...
The Nazca Lines, a group of hundreds of mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert in Peru, have mystified scientists for nearly a century. People from ancient civilizations made the drawings over a ...
Most people visit Peru for Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel nestled between the mountaintops around Cusco. But the country has much more to offer than its most popular tourist destination. At ...
A stunning revelation from Peru: hundreds of previously unknown Nazca Lines have been discovered, revealing intricate geoglyphs that have remained hidden for centuries. These ancient designs, ...
Archaeology may be focused on illuminating the past, but it has long deployed cutting-edge technologies in its pursuits. Recent years have seen archaeologists use robots, LiDAR, drones, and now ...
Peru Reduces Nazca Lines Park by 42%, Raising Concerns Over Environmental and Heritage Risks BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by ...
This Greenpeace Stunt May Have Irreparably Damaged Peru's Nazca Site. Is this for real? Origins: On 8 December 2014, members of the environmental activist organization Greenpeace entered a prohibited ...
Some 2,000 years ago, Peru’s ancient Nazca people created hundreds of monumental artworks in their desert territory near the Nazca River. Seen from above, these geoglyphs depict birds, llamas, killer ...
Earth’s most astounding group of geoglyphs stretch across nearly 200 square miles of arid Peruvian coastal plain. The Nazca lines are a huge mystery — literally. A portion of the 70 animal and plant ...
Archeologists have found a 2,000-year-old feline figure carved into a hillside in southern Peru, the country's Ministry of Culture announced last week. The geoglyph of the cat measures 121 feet long ...
Many of the birds represented in the Nazca Lines in southern Peru are exotic species, including hermits, pelicans and what appears to be a juvenile parrot, scientists have said. By studying the ...