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Farmer damages giant drawings at Peru's Nasca archeological site
Nov 10, 2011, 12:38 GMT
Lima - A Peruvian farmer faced fines after digging a well in the middle of the Nasca archeological site, the newspaper El Comercio reported Wednesday.
Nasca's giant tracings of lines and animal figures in Peru's southern Ica desert are one of the world's great archeological mysteries. They can only be fully seen from the air, though the ancient drawings date to the fifth or sixth century BC, more than two millennia before human flight.
Three geometric lines were damaged in the 'campos barridos,' or 'swept fields,' section of the site.
The farmer, who owns land nearby, drove his tractor past warning signs, the newspaper reported. According to the report, the farmer will have to pay fines and restoration costs.
Nasca is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site.
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