Created roughly 2,000 years ago, the Nazca Lines are a group of monumental depressions, or geoglyphs, made across some 600 square miles of desert floor outside Lima, the Peruvian capital.

Explore the Nazca Lines through a virtual tour and discover Peru’s most iconic geoglyphs. Learn about the mysterious shapes ...

The area in question forms part of a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site, home to the Nazca Lines — massive geoglyphs etched into the desert thousands of years ago — and one of Peru’s most ...

The Nazca Lines are made up of more than 800 straight lines, 300 geometric figures, and 70 animal and plant designs were made by peoples of the Nazca culture between 200 B.C.E and 500 C.E.

The area in question forms part of a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site, home to the Nazca Lines — massive geoglyphs etched into the desert over 1,500 years ago — and one of Peru’s most ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru announced Tuesday that miners who had been operating illegally in a large protected archaeological reserve around the famous Nazca Lines will now be able to start ...

Last week, the Ministry of Culture issued a resolution reducing the protected area around the Nazca Lines by 2,397 square kilometers (925 square miles). The reserve, created in 1993, was set at ...

FILE – Geoglyphs known as the Nazca Lines are visible next to the Pan American Highway in La Pampa de Nazca, Peru, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) STEVEN GRATTAN, Associated Press ...