The Nazca Lines, a collection of nearly 2,000 drawings etched into the desert of southern Peru, is long regarded as one of archaeology’s greatest mysteries.

The Nazca Lines have been a mystery since they were first discovered in the 1920s by Peruvian archaeologist Toribio Mejía Xesspe. Long-forgotten people from the Nasca culture created the drawings ...

The Nazca Lines, considered a UNESCO World Heritage site, has enormous drawings of animals and plants that were etched in the desert ground some 2,000 years ago by a pre-Inca civilization.

Like Ireland's impressive answer to the pyramids, the Blythe Intaglios square up to the Nazca Lines in Peru. There are only five figures at the Blythe site, in comparison with the more than 700 that ...

Workers at the Nazca Lines site recently found the faded, partially eroded outline of a cat stretching across a desert hillside. The cat joins the ever-growing list of about 900 shapes and images ...

The Nazca Lines occupy an area of roughly 19 square miles, and they are thought to have been made over many centuries starting around 100 BC by the Nazca people of modern-day Peru.

Scientists have discovered more than 300 never-before-seen Nazca Lines in Peru — including alien-looking humanoid figures, decapitated heads, potential historic ceremonies and a surprisingly ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 115th birthday of Maria Reiche, the mathematician, astronomer, and archaeologist who mapped the famous Nazca lines and led the effort to preserve them.

Some of the Nazca Lines, mysterious geoglyphs that span a vast swath of the rugged Peruvian desert, may have once been a labyrinth with a spiritual purpose, a new study suggests.

The Nazca lines are a huge mystery — literally. A portion of the 70 animal and plant designs are as large as the Empire State Building. But it’s unclear what story they are supposed to tell.