Japanese university research lab in Peru

Updated on: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A research center will be opened in Peru at the site of the Nazca Lines, the ancient geoglyphs that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site by a Japanese University.

The lab by Yamagata University will operate for 15 years to conduct research on more than 1,000 geoglyphs and other local ancient relics. The lab will open in September.

The University will invite other Japanese and local university researchers to participate in its work. Masato Sakai, a professor heading the Nazca Lines research team at the university said, "It's not known why those geoglyphs were created and we also know little about the lifestyle of the people (who created them)."

"We hope to conduct scientific analyses (on these matters) by opening the research center. "Sakai's team began its field work on the Nazca Lines in 2006 and discovered more than 100 geoglyphs.
 

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