You might have seen aerial photos of geoglyphs in Peru and Chile or even those in Great Britain and Australia, but we have equivalent cultural treasures here in the United States. A geoglyph is ...
Near the lower Colorado River in eastern California, the Blythe Intaglios are giant designs, man-made long ago by engraving, tamping or scraping away the desert pavement, thus exposing the lighter ...
Carved into the desert floor and only fully visible from above, the Blythe Intaglios are among North America’s most mysterious geoglyphs. Located off US 95 near Blythe, these massive figures have ...
Along the western side of the Colorado River Valley between Blythe, California, and Parker, Arizona, the land slopes where it meets the Big Maria Mountains to a flat expanse of undeveloped desert.
The figures scratched into the earth north of Blythe, Calif., remain a mystery. When were they carved and why? They are best seen from the air, but they also can be seen from the ground, by driving ...
After a rough ride through narrow desert washes, Alfredo Figueroa came to a clearing and ordered the vehicles to halt. The giants were waiting. Figueroa strode briskly across the plain. Before him, ...
How tribes protect intaglios, the desert's 'sleeping giants' The "sleeping giants," or intaglios, near Blythe, California, are geoglyphs created by Native people hundreds thousands of years ago for an ...
After a rough ride through narrow desert washes, Alfredo Figueroa came to a clearing and ordered the vehicles to halt. The giants were waiting. Figueroa strode briskly across the plain. Before him, ...
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