A total of 168 new geoglyphs were discovered on the southern coast of Peru, near the Nazca lines, considered since 1994 by Unesco Cultural Patrimony of Humanity.
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This team of academics from Yamagata University (Japan), led by Masato Sakai, made the discovery with the help of local archaeologists, aerial images and drones, where they discovered 168 new geoglyphs or large figures drawn on slopes or hills.
“In total we have found 168 figures: about 50 human, as well as birds, cats, snakes and also many linear and trapezoidal figures,” Sakai told the agency. efe where he highlighted that ceramics had also been found.
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Japanese scientists have already found 358 figures (including those of the new discovery), since the start of the research project in 2004. With this they seek to protect these sites, but also to understand the purpose with which they were created.
“To protect the lines we have to know their exact location so that they are not converted into housing or local people use the area for agriculturesays Sakai.
The researcher, who believes that the geoglyphs were used to mark trails and paths, explains that now they also use artificial intelligence in order to find patterns and see what exactly they wanted to communicate with these shapes.
“We can find those figures on roads and pathsso we want to understand the combinations to know what they wanted to express”, details the researcher.
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Photo: Paolo Aguilar
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The Nazca Lines are a set of hundreds of geometric figures, animals or plants located in an immense desert in the Ica region, south of Lima, made by the Nazca culture (1st-7th century).. Their function and meaning are unclear, as is the way in which they were made.
Some experts believe that these marks were a large astronomical calendar, while others consider them to be religious figures. While ufologists maintain that they were landing strips for alien ships. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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