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  1. 100 years of archaeology: ~430 Nazca Lines discovered

    6 months of AI: 303 more

    These 2,000-year-old drawings were always there — cats, birds, massive geometric shapes in Peru's desert. We just couldn't see them.

    AI didn't dig anything up. It taught us where to look.

    #ArtificialIntelligence #Archaeology #NazcaLines #MachineLearning #Peru

  2. A team of researchers at Yamagata University has announced the discovery of 248 new Nazca Line geoglyphs in Peru, after conducting field surveys on sites selected from aerial photographs using artificial intelligence. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/ #japan #yamagatauniversity #nazcalines #peru #worldheritage

  3. Who—or what—created the mysterious geoglyphs of the Nazca Desert? 🤔 #NazcaLines

  4. The Nazca Lines, spanning nearly 1,000 square kilometers in southern Peru, are ancient geoglyphs created between 500 BC and 500 AD. #NazcaLines connectparanormal.net/2025/02/

  5. Archaeologists in Peru have recently uncovered over 100 new geoglyphs etched into the desert plains near the famous Nazca Lines. These massive, ancient drawings—some resembling humans and animals—continue to be a fascinating mystery for researchers. The discovery sheds more light on the cultural significance of the region and offers exciting opportunities for future study.

    @goodnews

    #NazcaLines #AncientMystery #Archaeology #Peru #GoodNews #NewDiscoveries

    theguardian.com/world/2024/sep

  6. Researchers harness A.I. to uncover hundreds of mysterious ancient geoglyphs in Peru! The Nazca Lines, vast rock formations, are now being identified with cutting-edge algorithms. #AI #Archaeology #NazcaLines #AncientMysteries

    news.artnet.com/art-world/nazc

  7. AI has been used to detect new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca desert, with the newly-discovered drawings etched in the sand including the usual llamas, human figures, and ... (checks notes) ... killer whales armed with knives cutting off human heads ... SAY WHAT NOW?

    newscientist.com/article/24490

    #archaeology #peru #NazcaLines

  8. @futurebird This might be cliché, but #pyramids. Start with the ones in #Egypt. Talk about how the second-oldest civilisation managed to build such impressive structures with bronze tools.

    Then show them the ones in #Mexico. Point out the clever perspective trick to make the sides of the staircases appear parallel from the ground.

    Maybe also throw in the #NazcaLines, and be sure to mention that the #Quechua didn't even have writing at the time.

  9. No real reason other than I was searching for something else, spotted a post about the #Paracas people, remembered our visit to #Peru, and felt like sharing the #ParacasCandelabra we saw there in 2019. Similar to the #NazcaLines but older, this #geoglyph is 181 metres high, dates from around 200BCE, and can be seen from 20km away at sea.

    #Candelabra #History #Ica #Nazca #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography

  10. “The new findings add to the 190 known geoglyphs at the UNESCO World Heritage site, located along the southern coast of Peru. The markings, discovered by researchers at Japan's Yamagata University in collaboration with Peruvian archaeologist Jorge Olano, are thought to date to between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300.” #Peru #nazcalines
    npr.org/2022/12/21/1144481159/