This is the home of the Nazca Lines. Across 170 square miles of flat earth, the hard red soil is broken only by a series of strange furrows. They aren’t deep — usually breaking just six to ...

These are the renowned Nasca lines—subject of mystery for over 80 years. How were they formed? What purpose could they have served? Were aliens involved? The lines are found in a region of Peru ...

They've been around for thousands of years, but little is definitively known about Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines, in which scientists recently discovered more than 100 new designs. Here's what ...

This story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the air, the lines etched in the floor of the desert were hard to see, like drawings left in the sun too long.

Paragliding offers a glimpse into the world's most ancient, pristine prehistoric landscapes. These areas, teeming with ...

YAMAGATA--Researchers here have discovered 168 more ancient geoglyphs, where lines drawn across stretches of earth form images that can be seen from overhead, in Nazca, Peru. The team from ...

Archaeologists in Nazca, Peru blame the government for not ... A Greenpeace stunt in December damaged the lines. Photo: Associated Press ...

YAMAGATA—Yamagata University researchers announced on Sept. 24 that they have uncovered 303 new geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines, a World Heritage Site in Peru, using artificial intelligence.

Japanese researchers from Yamagata University have announced the discovery of some 168 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Lines. The team led by Professor Sakai Masato in collaboration with Peruvian ...

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