SCIENTISTS have discovered hundreds of mysterious giant alien-looking figures among 2,000-year-old Nazca Lines carved into Peru's desert. The ancient drawings show abstract shapes that look like ...

The authors propose that the explanation of what these decorations were for involves how locals traveled across the area.

Discover how AI technology is unraveling the ancient mysteries of the Nazca geoglyphs in the deserts of southern Peru.

The Nazca Lines were first recorded by scientists in 1927. Over the next near-century, researchers attributed around 430 figurative geoglyphs to the Nazca people. Now, a new A.I.-assisted survey ...

The Nazca Lines are a collection of large ... “Known figurative geoglyphs depict humanoids, animals (bird, monkey, fox, ...

Scientists have always been perplexed by the Nazca Lines, ancient designs etched into the southern Peruvian desert, since they were found almost a century ago. Researchers have just discovered 303 ...

YAMAGATA—Yamagata University researchers announced on Sept. 24 that they have uncovered 303 new geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines, a World Heritage Site in Peru, using artificial intelligence.

The bigger Nazca symbols were near networks of straight lines, squares and trapezoids etched into the earth. These symbols, according to the study, were likely used for ceremonial activities ...

The fabled Nazca lines, a series of massive incisions on the desert floor depicting animals, plants, imaginary beings and geometric figures, have fascinated scientists ever since they were first ...

Watson Research Center, used an AI model to find more geoglyphs on the floor of Peru's Nazca Desert ... As expected, many of the lines comprising the newly found geoglyphs were faint, but the ...

The AI model was able to generate a list of 303 such figures with locations including one space where the Nazca lines have never been spotted before. And with the advanced technology, scientists ...