AI almost doubles the number of known Nasca lines in just 6 months

[Judi Lynn]

1. Japanese Research Team Use AI to Discover 303 Unknown Geoglyphs Near Nazca Lines

A Japanese research team discovered nearly as many geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert (Peru) in just a few months using an artificial intelligence ( AI) system as those found in all of the last century.

The large number of new figures has made it possible for researchers to distinguish between two primary kinds and provide an explanation for the potential motives or purposes behind their creation more than 2,000 years ago.

In the 1930s, Peruvian aviators discovered the first ones, and by the end of the century, more than a hundred had been identified, such as the hummingbird, the frog, and the whale. Japanese archaeologists have found 318 more geoglyphs since 2004, nearly all of which are well-known, with the help of high-resolution satellite images.

In cooperation with IBM Research, the same team, led by Masato Sakai, a scientist from Yamagata University (Japan), has found 303 previously unidentified new geoglyphs depicting humans and animals. These geoglyphs are all smaller in size than the enormous geometric patterns that span more than 400 square kilometers of the Nazca plateau and date from AD 200 to 700.

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