New mapping and ground evidence points to the Nazca Lines as a ritual landscape—sacred paths, platforms, and trapezoids used for mass gatherings and offerings tied to water and fertility. Here’s how ...

MYSTERY WIRE — Identification and preservation of geoglyphs — figures etched into the ground in the Nazca region of southern Peru — is getting a boost from artificial intelligence technology. Masato ...

Beneath the dunes near Nazca lies Cahuachi—a mostly empty ceremonial “Mecca” that swelled with pilgrims, feasts, and ritual offerings tied to water and the farming calendar. This chapter traces how ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Peru’s government has reversed its controversial decision to shrink the protected area surrounding the Nazca Lines, which had faced criticism for opening the area to informal miners ...

Human beings have regularly found ways of leaving traces to explain their world. Rock art, of course, has been found wherever people have evolved. Among the most impressive of these works are the ...

PALPA, Peru (Reuters) - Archaeologists using drones have discovered more than 25 geoglyphs etched into a swath of coastal desert in southern Peru near the Nazca Lines, a culture ministry official said ...

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 ...

Even with all the advances we have made with technology, we still don’t know everything that happened in history. Isn’t it fascinating that almost every day, historians are making discoveries about ...