18 of the amazing and mysterious ancient ground drawings discovered in Peru

Modern technology is regularly used by historians and archaeologists to uncover the mysteries of our past.

Now a mixture of both tech and artificial intelligence has been used to scientific researchers to uncover the ancient mysteries of Peru.

In 2018, researchers were using drones to capture footage of the landscape of Peru that revealed more than 50 ancient drawings known as Nasca lines. These are so-called geoglyphs (essentially ground drawings) formed part of ancient rituals of the local people and are thought to date back to somewhere between 500 B.C. and 700 A.D. 

Now researchers from Yamagata University in Japan have been combining the power of satellite imagery and IBM's Watson Machine Learning technology to uncover more of these ancient drawings. Essentially putting artificial intelligence to work to reveal more of the region's enigmatic past. 

This research has uncovered 143 new drawings. These are some of the most interesting. 

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