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.

An curved arrow pointing right. For under $30 per person you can slide down epic sand dunes in Huacachina, Peru. Story and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss Follow INSIDER Travel on Facebook Follow ...

As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change ... The lines are known as geoglyphs – drawings on the ground made ...

Beneath a sand dune near Zaña, Peru, archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a stunning ancient temple — and it could be 5,000 years old. The mud structure contains impressive friezes and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 5,000-year-old ceremonial temple and human skeletal remains beneath a sand dune in the Zaña district of northwestern Peru. The site is part of the Los ...