Ancient residents of Peru laid down lines of rocks in the coastal desert that may have pointed to the sites of trade fairs, a new study suggests. The features date to around 300 B.C., centuries ahead ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—Geoglyphs created by the Paracas people some 2,000 years ago in Peru’s Chincha Valley probably pointed the way across the desert to gathering places for the winter solstice, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Jul 8 (EFE).Tokyo, Jul 8 (EFE). — A team of Japanese archaeologists from Yamagata University discovered, 24 new geoglyphs in the Peruvian Nazca desert, possibly among the oldest in the region, ...

Most visitors come to Peru for the mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu and the former Incan capital, Cusco; rainforest wonders of the Amazon; Lake Titicaca’s floating reed islands; and adventure in Colca ...

Drones hovering and darting over the mountainous landscape of Peru have spied some amazing ancient "artwork": previously unknown and sprawling geoglyphs called Nazca Lines that were likely made by the ...

Workers at the Nazca Lines site recently found the faded, partially eroded outline of a cat stretching across a desert hillside. The cat joins the ever-growing list of about 900 shapes and images that ...

“Here, take this,” says our guide as he passes around brightly wrapped pieces of what I assume is ginger just before we board a tiny plane in Peru. “You’ll need it,” he says, backing away as we head ...