Scientists are shedding new light on the mysterious Nazca Lines etched in the desert of southern Peru, revealing what some of the drawings actually depict. A UNESCO World Heritage Site located about ...
What are the Nazca Lines? The Nazca Lines are enormous geoglyphs located in the Peruvian desert southeast of Lima. Massive, white strips that depict pictures and geometric designs, the lines were long ...
A group of archaeologists from Japan’s Yamagata University, assisted by A.I. technology, have announced the uncovering of a new cache of giant, prehistoric Land Art made by the ancient Nazca people of ...
A decade-long survey, drone mapping, and on-the-ground digs are reshaping what we think the Nazca Lines were for, not drawings for the sky, but sacred routes, stages, and offering sites tied to water ...
The ancient Nazca Lines, an archaeologically sensitive and sacred site in Peru, was damaged when a truck driver ignored the warning signs and plowed his cargo truck into it, officials said. The ...
Massive drawings of birds etched by pre-Inca people on southern Peru’s Nazca desert plateau include several exotic surprises, Japanese researchers say. Three avian images depict species that live far ...
The Nazca Lines, a group of hundreds of mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert in Peru, have mystified scientists for nearly a century. People from ancient civilizations made the drawings over a ...
A Japanese research team trained an AI to locate 303 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert. This adds to the existing 430 ancient drawings that have puzzled scientists and drawn tourists from around ...
One of 143 new geoglyphs revealed by a new study One of 143 new geoglyphs revealed by a new study is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Scientists ...
About 50 of the large-scale drawings are of human-like figures -- with one even resembling Homer Simpson. Yamagata University Scientists have discovered 168 new geoglyphs in the soil of Peru’s desert ...
In recent years, the use of drones has allowed archaeologists to uncover some of the world’s most interesting history and hidden secrets. In 2017, for example, the technology helped them map ...