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 ...

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 ...

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.

Suggestive of its name, the Atacama Giant lies in the Atacama Desert, Chile, covering an area of 86 metres in height alone making it the largest geoglyph in the world. Believed by many to be a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert ... he won't notice if there's a geoglyph," Diaz said. "They should close the perimeter and protect these sites ...

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.