If you look at the Nazca Desert in Peru from above, it becomes a fantastic art gallery. Who-slas These are mainly figures of people, birds and animals. To date, aerial detection of 168 previously unknown images has been investigated using drones and photography.
However, the average from the Japanese Yamagata University is sure that there are much more mysterious geoglyphs, and now the coverage is no more than 5% of their total number. The discovery of luxury complicates their creation – the artists applied them to the ground, removing debris and stones. Now, centuries later, the discovery of erosion has made them even less readable. Today, a variety of methods are used to determine their age and purpose.
Used, among other things, by AI analysis, which helps to see lines where they cannot be seen by human eyes. Judging by the fragments of pottery found near the geoglyphs, they can be dated from 100 BC. 300 AD According to one version, the images were addressed to the gods, who could look up at them. Another VERSION admits that the figures were intended for some astronomical rituals and sympathized constellations.
Source: Tech Cult
