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Ruined Ecosystem May Destroyed the Nazca
A mountainside drawing by the Nazca people on now-barren land.Archaeologists are concluding that the Nazca ~ who once flourished in southern Peru, beginning around 200 BC ~ severely damaged their surrounding ecosystem and provoked the collapse of the...
Peru to Protect Nazca Lines from Rainwater
A figure called La Mano (The Hand) damaged by unusual flooding.Peru’s National Institute of Culture is preparing to protect from heavy rains the enigmatic Nazca Lines, located in the country’s southern region, according to the resident archaeolog...
Nazca Beheaded Own Brethren for Trophies
The South American people who carved the Nazca Lines across the Peruvian desert some 2,000 years ago also were great collectors of human heads, according to Discovery News.The Nazca civilization ~ flourishing in Peru between the first century BC and ...
Peruvian Ruins Said to be 5,500 Years Old
The ancient Peruvian settlement ruins were unearthed about nine miles from Palpa, above, south of Lima.Peruvian and German archaeologists has discovered a 5,500-year-old human settlement near the southern town of Nazca, south of Lima. "The find consi...
