There is an art gallery for the gods above. Even with decades of surveyance from the skies, we've barely explored a small part of this fading collection of giants.
The Guardian reported last year that an archaeologist in South America thought that only 5 percent of the Nazca lines were found in the desert. The latest haul of ancient lines nearly doubles the previous number of known designs and is being worked on by researchers at Yamagata University in Japan.
Roughly 50 of the large-scale geographical drawings depicting human-like figures have been identified by drone surveys and aerial images in southernPeru.
One of the illustrations has a resemblance to Homer Simpson.
Birds, orcas, cats, and snakes are some of the animals depicted in some of the designs. There are a few simple lines.
It's not clear when the designs were made, but clay pots found near the lines date back to 100 BCE.
Flat terrain makes it difficult to see many of the ancient illustrations. The lines were constructed through the removal of rocks and debris to reveal contrasting colored soil beneath, which has led to difficulties in their discovery.
There are drones in the sky. The flying devices have made it possible for experts to see the Nazca lines more clearly.
Artificial intelligence programs can pick out different patterns quicker and more reliably than the human eye, which is why they are analyzing some of the information they are gathering. A new line design was discovered by the Artificial Intelligence.
Even if archaeologists find more, they won't be able to understand the purpose of the lines.
Between 500 BCE and 500CE, societies in southernPeru constructed simple lines, shapes, and figures across the landscape, many of which can only be seen from above.
The most common explanation for the lines being meant for gods in the sky is that they were intended for humans. According to a popular theory, the figures and patterns were drawn for the purpose of reflecting the stars.
About 30 'geoglyphs' were found in the area when it was designated a World Heritage site in 1994.
That was just the beginning of what was to come. Several of the depictions of humanoid figures were found by archaeologists.
The official number of known lines is now 358.
There are more than one ancient artwork in the desert.
Scientists at Yamagata have been given permission to tally as many of the mysterious designs as they can. Local archaeologists will help map out the full length and width of the desert canvas.
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