Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and ...

Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1 ...

After outcry from civil servants and environmentalists, the Ministry of Culture has walked back a decision that might have ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process ...

After public and expert backlash, Peru reversed a controversial decision and restored full protection to the ancient Nazca ...

A decision of Peru's ministry of culture to reduce the size of the Nazca Lines reserve by more than 40 percent is prompting ...

The Nazca lines have baffled researchers for years after they were discovered as large geoglyphs in the form of massive animals along the hillsides in Peru. They're certainly one of the country's most ...

"The main threats to the Nazca Lines are informal mining operations in the surroundings and even within the protected area," Pieter Van Dalen, head of Peru's archaeologists' association, told Reuters.

An aerial view of a cat drawing etched on soil that is part of the geoglyphs known as the Nazca Lines in the desert of Nazca, ...

The Nazca Lines, a group of hundreds of mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert in Peru, have mystified scientists for nearly a century. People from ancient civilizations made the drawings ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Peru's government has reversed its controversial decision to shrink the protected area surrounding the Nazca Lines, which had faced criticism for opening the area to informal ...