New mapping and ground evidence points to the Nazca Lines as a ritual landscape—sacred paths, platforms, and trapezoids used for mass gatherings and offerings tied to water and fertility. Here’s how ...
Beneath the dunes near Nazca lies Cahuachi—a mostly empty ceremonial “Mecca” that swelled with pilgrims, feasts, and ritual offerings tied to water and the farming calendar. This chapter traces how ...
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11 Peruvian Sites That Rival Machu Picchu

Peru is often defined by the mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, but the country holds far more archaeological treasures than ...
Across the dry deserts of southern Peru lies a landscape that seems at first completely ordinary. The ground is flat, pale and silent, stretching so far that the horizon looks blurred in the heat. For ...
AI just uncovered hundreds of mysterious figures hidden for centuries beneath Peru’s desert—redefining what we thought we ...
Human beings have regularly found ways of leaving traces to explain their world. Rock art, of course, has been found wherever people have evolved. Among the most impressive of these works are the ...
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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 ...
Sixteen of the mysterious geoglyphs known as the Nazca Lines depict birds—more than any other type of plant or animal. A team of researchers from Japan recently set out to determine which bird species ...
The 2025 Copa Libertadores final, held in Lima between Flamengo and Palmeiras, did far more than define South America’s new ...
The European Commission presented plans for speeding up integration of member states' power infrastructure on Wednesday, ...
The Neo Geo was less a home console and more an expensive way to bring the arcade experience into your home. Which meant it ...