Peru’s ministry of culture is receiving strong criticism from archaeologists and environmentalists following its decision to significantly reduce the size of the archaeological reserve that contains ...

Some 2,000 years ago, Peru’s ancient Nazca people created hundreds of monumental artworks in their desert territory near the Nazca River. Seen from above, these geoglyphs depict birds, llamas, killer ...

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 ...

The Nazca lines have baffled researchers for years after they were discovered as large geoglyphs in the form of massive animals along the hillsides in Peru. They're certainly one of the country's most ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has abandoned a plan that reduced the size of a protected area around the country's ancient Nazca Lines, it said on Sunday, after criticism the change made them ...

Most people visit Peru for Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel nestled between the mountaintops around Cusco. But the country has much more to offer than its most popular tourist destination. At ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Peru’s government has reversed its controversial decision to shrink the protected area surrounding the Nazca Lines, which had faced criticism for opening the area to informal miners ...

Even with all the advances we have made with technology, we still don’t know everything that happened in history. Isn’t it fascinating that almost every day, historians are making discoveries about ...

BOGOTA – Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields — has sparked alarm among conservationists, ...

NAZCA, Peru — High priests at an ancient religious compound in southern Peru may have designed the mysterious Nazca lines, a set of huge geometric patterns, animal figures and long lines etched in the ...