AI Detection System Discovers 303 New Carved Figures at Nazca, Peru
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AI Detection System Discovers 303 New Carved Figures at Nazca, Peru

The astonishing Nazca Lines of Peru are one of the true wonders of the ancient world. The figures they form are still visible from the air despite the passage of approximately 2,000 years of time since their original creation.But it turns out there were many more of these figures spread out across the surface of the Nazca desert than had previously been believed. While it took nearly a century for observers to identify 430 of the larger figures, a new AI analytical program detected the faint outlines of hundreds more that human eyes had missed. The AI system was used to scrutinized imagery collected by drones that ranged far and wide across the entire Nazca desert region, where the glyph makers were active between 200 BC and 500 AD. Its sensitivity surpasses that of the human eye by 20 times, which is why it can make out the outlines of humans and animals that have been repeatedly missed by researchers looking at aerial photographs and satellite imagery. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyAmericasAncient PlacesRead Later