Dozens of circular geoglyphs, some comprising several intertwined rings, have been identified and mapped near the ancient Peruvian town of Quilcapampa, revealing that these earthen designs were ...

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Archaeologists found 168 more geoglyphs, dating back 2,000 years, in the desert near Nazca. Photos show the human and animal line drawings. Photo from Yamagata University A rabbit-looking creature ...

Archaeologists have mapped dozens of circular geoglyphs etched into the sand near the ancient Peruvian town called Quilcapampa in the Sihuas Valley. The geoglyphs they mapped have different ...

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Japanese archaeologists have discovered 24 new geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau in Peru that they say are similar to the animal shapes for which the region is famous – but were created two centuries ...

A newly identified geoglyph depicting a giant cat was uncovered on a hillside in Peru’s Nazca Desert. Measuring 37 meters ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than 3,000 years ago in what is now the lower Chao Valley in Peru, ancient people created ...

One of the complex circular geoglyphs the team mapped at Quilcapampa, in the Sihuas Valley in Peru, has at least six rings arranged in an irregular pattern. Photo courtesy Justin Jennings Dozens of ...

Scientists discovered more than 140 designs that were carved in the earth by an ancient people, and they’re hoping they might hold clues to the ways they lived, thousands of years in the past.