GIANT PETROGLYPHS

The Atacama Giant is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic geoglyph found in the Cerro Unitas area of the Atacama Desert, Chile.

It is believed to represent a shaman, spiritual figure, or deity, but there is little evidence to corroborate these claims.

It is one of nearly 5,000 geoglyphs discovered in the Atacama region in the last three decades, believed to be the work of several successive cultures that dwelt in this region of South America, including the Tiwanaku and Inca.

Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque boasts more than 25,000 images, mostly humans, animals, and tribal symbols, carved into volcanic rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 years ago.

Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah is famously known for life-size human figures and depictions of men fighting, painted between 900 and 2,000 years ago.