Despite its fame, an archaeological dig conducted by American and Jordanian researchers uncovered a hidden tomb featuring 12 ...

The Nazca Lines are a remarkable and mysterious collection of geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru.

Smaller images, that would have served as signposts for prehistoric travellers in the Peruvian desert, dot the landscape.

I spent last week in Arizona, working with a world-renowned land artist named Jim Denevan to create a giant ephemeral art piece for a music and art festival. I almost always focus my writing on the ...

Ancient civilizations exhibited remarkable technological expertise, evident in artifacts like the Antikythera Mechanism, ...

Ancient geoglyphs in Chile's Atacama Desert face threats from vehicles and mining, risking irreversible damage. Learn about the archaeological efforts to protect this historical site.

The vast stretch of desert, better known as the "The Empty Quarter", is 250,000 square miles of ochre-coloured dunes. The ...

Most travelers fly between cities like Lima, Cuzco and Arequipa, but if you want to explore beaches, deserts and mountains at ...

The Nazca civilization thrived on Peru's southern coast for 850 years, creating the mysterious Nazca lines that can still be seen today.

The Nazca civilization thrived on Peru's southern coast for 850 years, creating the mysterious Nazca lines that can still be seen today. Famous for their famous desert geoglyphs, the Nazca were an ...

Archaeologists using artificial intelligence have discovered hundreds of geoglyphs depicting parrots, cats, monkeys and ...

Known as the Nazca Lines—named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994—430 of these geoglyphs were already known. Spread over ...