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 ...

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to discover three lost "Nazca Lines" figures in Peru that were etched into the desert up to 2,400 years ago. The largest newfound figure — a pair of legs — ...

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 ...

In southern Peru, more than 400 kilometers from Lima and near the Pacific Ocean, the Nazca culture emerged, a civilization that flourished in that area between 700 BC and 200 AD. This culture created ...

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 ...

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Peru will take legal action against a group of Greenpeace activists who it says damaged the Nazca lines UNESCO World Heritage site during a climate change demonstration on Monday. “It’s a true slap in ...

It’s this perspective that photographer Edward Ranney has documented since 1985, walking the 2,000-year-old lines with his large-format camera. Traveling in Peru as well as in Chile with ...

NAZCA, Peru — High priests at an ancient religious compound in southern Peru may have designed the mysterious Nazca lines, a set of huge geometric patterns, animal figures and long lines etched in the ...

A 2,000-year-old U.N. World Heritage Site in Peru was damaged this week when a trucker intentionally drove his tractor-trailer off a roadway that runs through the protected historic area, authorities ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields — has sparked alarm among ...

The deep-learning system is 21 times faster than a human at finding ancient "geoglyphs" in aerial photographs of Peru's Nazca Desert. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...