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 ...

A group of archaeologists from Japan’s Yamagata University, assisted by A.I. technology, have announced the uncovering of a new cache of giant, prehistoric Land Art made by the ancient Nazca people of ...

An oversized cat drawing has been discovered on a hill at the famous Nazca Lines site in Peru. The impressive artwork dates back some 2,000 years and measures over 120 feet across. The feline geoglyph ...

Some of the Nazca Lines, mysterious geoglyphs that span a vast swath of the rugged Peruvian desert, may have once been a labyrinth with a spiritual purpose, a new study suggests. The new insight, ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered hundreds of mysterious giant alien-looking figures among 2,000-year-old Nazca Lines carved into Peru’s desert. The ancient drawings show abstract shapes that look like ...

“[It] was about to disappear because it’s situated on quite a steep slope that’s prone to the effects of natural erosion,” Peru's Ministry of Culture explains. Peru's Ministry of Culture ...

Archaeologists gain insight into ancient desert drawings – by walking them. Archaeologists have completed highly detailed research into the Nazca Lines – enigmatic drawings created between 2,100 and 1 ...

A new figure has been found among Peru’s famed Nazca Lines, a group of geoglyphs etched into the soil of the 800-mile Nazca Desert. A 120-foot cat-like figure was discovered etched in the landscape ...

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The Nazca people of Peru — famous for their huge line drawings on a desert plateau that are fully visible only from the air — set the stage for their collapse around the year 500 by deforesting the ...