Pigs and squatters threaten Peru's Nazca lines

[Hondo319]

Squatters have started raising pigs on the site of Peru's Nazca lines - the giant designs best seen from an airplane that were mysteriously etched into the desert more than 1,500 years ago.

The squatters have destroyed a Nazca-era cemetery and the 50 shacks they have built border Nazca figures, said Blanca Alva, a director at Peru's culture ministry.


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[joshuaream]

Yep, it's sad that Peru has treated it's treasures so carelessly. Governments of Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia have done a much better job promoting tourism, and making sure some of that tourism trickles down to the locals who live there.