Here’s how it works. A set of sinuous lines found in the Thar Desert of India may be the largest geoglyph ever discovered. Geoglyphs, which are sprawling designs formed with earth or stone ...

Discover the mysterious Nazca Lines in this virtual tour through the southern Peruvian desert. Fly over famous geoglyphs like ...

Geoglyphs are a type of land art ... The Atacama Desert has the largest discovered geoglyph that resembles a human-like figure. The art depicts stick limbs and a crown-looking headpiece adorning ...

Under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1960, the Maharashtra government last week declared 1,500 geoglyphs spread across 70 locations in 210 square ...

Researchers have identified more than 150 new designs in Peru’s southern Nazca plain, known for its mysterious large-scale artwork carved into the desert. The latest images were discovered by ...

The largest newfound figure — a pair of legs ... dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought These figures, or geoglyphs, are incised into the surface of the Nazca Desert ...

One of the largest geoglyphs in Maharashtra is in Ratnagiri. It depicts an elephant, with more than 70 other animal figures (sharks, sting rays, tigers, birds) carved within. (Image courtesy ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a harsh environment. Yet, once upon a time, humans were traipsing across the landscape committing enormous drawings to the earth – drawings that would endure for ...

Typically, the largest creations are only fully viewable from above. The study reported that this recent research vastly improved accounts of relief-type figurative geoglyphs, revealing the ...

IQUIQUE, Chile, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert in northern Chile were a bustling scene. They marked sources of water in the ...

Together, the geoglyphs recall a time when the barren expanse of sand and rock was a trade route linking the coastal lowlands to the high mountains. These geometric, zoomorphic, and ...