These enormous geoglyphs, which were etched into the earth by hand around 2,000 years ago, are some of the globe’s most enigmatic wonders.

Located in the arid Pampas de Jumana in southern Peru, the drawings depict a complex array of animal, humanoid and geometric shapes, some about 1,000ft long, and are scattered across 170 square miles of barren desert as if they were a strange and ancient art installation. There have been many theories about why the Nazca people would have created such vast works: a landing track for aliens (one image famously looks a little like an astronaut); a folly of the earliest hot-air balloonists (the outlines are best viewed from the air).

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Whatever their purpose, one thing’s for certain: they just got a little stranger. A new drawing was discovered in October 2020, a 120ft cat carved into the hillside. The world’s first space cat? Perhaps. Or maybe just another piece of the enigma waiting to be revealed.

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