Known as the Nazca Lines—named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994—430 of these geoglyphs were already known. Spread over ...

For over a century, archaeologists have scoured Peru’s Nazca Desert looking for enigmatic geoglyphs — vast figures that can ...

AI helps identify 303 new geoglyphs in the Nazca Pampa and surrounding deserts, nearly doubling the number of previously ...

However, these stone carvings either disappeared ... rare birds and animals. This type of decoration is seldom seen in relief sculpture art. Special attention was paid to the placement symmetry ...

The entrance is a wet hole in the earth little bigger than an animal burrow ... sketches and caricatures, carvings, and even intricate relief sculptures. This underground art is relatively ...

The Mount Vernon slaves hunted and trapped animals for income ... and the many creeks on the plantation provided some degree of relief from the oppressive heat and humidity of the Virginia ...

Researchers found the animals preferred the company of other ... up at least 30 minutes before their children need to wake up, carving out some free time to get oneself prepped for the day.

Powhatan women also adorned themselves with tattoos and body paint derived from roots, as well as necklaces, bracelets, and earrings strung with freshwater pearls, shell beads, copper, animal ...

The massive pedestals are decorated with relief carvings of dragons and clouds, and on top of each pedestal squats a stone animal. The archway was built with massive white marble, and the vivid ...

The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief ... This is a stone carving of Tlazolteotl ...

Along with incorporating Owen’s ideas into his plans, Waterhouse also designed an incredible series of animal and plant ornaments, statues and relief carvings throughout the entire building – with ...

The Top Fall Festivals in the U.S. Fall brings relief from months of sweltering heat and ushers in plenty of once-a-year activities like apple picking, pumpkin carving and leaf peeping.