The new geoglyphs were found on the Nazca plateau stretching 20 kilometers ... The geoglyphs were created by removing black stones covering the ground and exposing the white sand beneath.
A flash flood hit Nazca in Peru's southern Ica province on Thursday (February 6) following five hours of heavy rainfall. Onlookers watched on in the city as a storm drain, also known locally as an ...
24 that they have uncovered 303 new geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines, a World Heritage Site ... geoglyphs are of the surface type, in which stones have been removed to make figures.
Peru's cultural authorities surveyed some of the ancient Nazca Lines, searching for damage after recent rains. The Nazca Lines in southern Peru are pre-Columbian geoglyphs stretching across the desert ...