The geoglyphs in this 200 million-year-old desert have baffled scientists who are scratching their heads about where they've come from. Geoglyphs are a type of land art, occasionally rock art ...

Chile's Atacama Desert May Be Famous for the 'Giant' Geoglyph, but the U.S. Uses It as a 'Fast Fashion Graveyard' The Atacama Desert has been an enigma for experts and enthusiasts worldwide.

As the largest geoglyph in the world that depicts a human-like figure, the Atacama Giant has certainly turned heads, but year after year we’re getting more geoglyph material to work with.

It isn’t actually a robot at all and is instead a famous geoglyph called the Atacama Giant. Dating back from AD 1000 to 1400, it is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic figure in the world ...

While the Atacama Giant may not be the most famous geoglyph in the game (that distinction goes to the Nazca Lines), the size, clarity, and former importance of the rain god to the people who made ...

A bird's eye view of the Atacama Giant, which is considered largest human representation globally, in Huara, Chile. The image was captured on June 16, 2023. Despite its prominence, the geoglyph ...

Archaeologists rediscovered a giant geoglyph of a killer whale ... basically corresponds to the coastal desert, north of the Atacama Desert, which is cut by small oasis valleys," Isla said.

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Chilean authorities have arrested three unnamed Belgian tourists on suspicion of causing damage to the Atacama Giant, a geoglyph that dates from the 10th century.

In the dry and empty lands of the Atacama Desert in Chile, several giant telescopes eye the sky to unlock mysteries of the Universe. They are run, solely or in partnership, by the European ...