3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Under Threat as Off-Road Racing Destroys Geoglyphs
Ancient geoglyphs in Chile's Atacama Desert are threatened by off-road racing, prompting calls for stronger protections and penalties.
Off-Roaders Are Destroying 3,000-Year-Old Desert Art From a Lost Civilization
"The damage is irreversible," said one archaeologist about ruts left by off-roaders in the Nazca Lines-esque art.
Off-Road Drivers Are Destroying Ancient Artworks Stretching Across Chile’s Deserts
As hundreds of motorists take to the desert, their tracks damage the massive geoglyphs made by Indigenous groups in northern Chile
Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile
Preservationists say governments at all levels have failed to prevent authorized and illegal off-road racers from driving through giant figures of animals, humans and objects.
Off-Roaders Destroyed 3,000-Year-Old Art While Racing On Legal Trails In Chile
Illegal off-road racers in the Atacama Desert are blamed for the destruction of 3,000-year-old art that was also damaged by fully legal events
Off-roaders destroy art carved into desert 3,000 years ago
Ancient art carved into a Chilean desert by a lost civilization as long as 3,000 years ago risks destruction beneath the tires of off-roading enthusiasts, mining trucks, and rally vehicles, according to preservationists in the region, who say their local government must do more to protect the relics.
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