Archaeologists and environmentalists expressed anger at a shocking decision by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, cutting nearly half of the protected archaeological parks around the iconic Nazca Line, excluding the size of the country's capital city Lima.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site attracts thousands of tourists, and among Peru’s second largest tourist attraction, giant hummingbirds, monkeys and whale figures are seen in Machu Picchu’s second largest tourist attraction. Last year, archaeologists used artificial intelligence to discover hundreds of new geographic elements, dating back more than 2,000 years, predating famous lines on the beach.

“They are trying to wipe the history,” said Ana María Cogorno Mendoza, president of the Maria Reiche International Association. According to our study, “the separate areas are exactly where some of the oldest rituals take place.” Maria Reiche, a German-born mathematician who pioneered research on the Nazca line in the 20th century.

Critics of the move say it will weaken decades of environmental protection and open up the NASCAR archaeological reserve for informal and illegal mining for international gold prices.

Peru's Ministry of Culture decided on Friday to reduce its NASCAR reserves from about 5,600 square kilometers to about 3,200 square kilometers, a decision he said was the result of a 20-year study and consultation and did not affect UNESCO World Heritage destinations or their buffer zones.

“There is not enough research to say it has no cultural or archaeological value,” said environmental attorney César Ipenza, who followed the decisions in the case.

“This area that belonged to our ancestors needed real protection, not just political expediency.”

Luis Jaime Castillo, a former cultural minister and archaeologist who has studied geography, said the reserve has been “infected by illegal mining and mineral processing plants.”

Sidney Novoa, the technology director of conservation at Amazon, which mapped the website, said that the area now excluded from the protected archaeological area is more than 2,000 square kilometers, and owned by miners about 300 discounts, claiming to be the outstanding work of formal miners on the controversial register of informal miners, who are known to be formal Roineformation Roinfofo, known.

Ipenza said the registry allows illegal mining to continue to remain impunity without state supervision, adding that the government prefers mining over environmental protection.

Former Environment Minister Mariano Castro said the move “exposed to (reserve) with very serious risks and cumulative damage.” “The Ministry of Culture has not considered expanding hundreds of mining activities that will accumulate influence on the existing sensitive archaeological areas in NASCAR.”

"This update responds to a more accurate reflection of the relationship between geographic elements and the physical characteristics recorded in the region, ensuring its protection and preservation," Peruvian Minister of Culture Fabronio Valencia told National Radio on Saturday.