Archaeology may be focused on illuminating the past, but it has long deployed cutting-edge technologies in its pursuits. Recent years have seen archaeologists use robots, LiDAR, drones, and now ...

It took a century for researchers to discover 430 geoglyphs, some massive, spread across the ground in the Nazca region of Peru. Now, a team of scientists has nearly doubled the count of known ...

The rugged terrain of Chile’s Atacama Desert is etched with giant images of llamas, cats, fish, birds, and humans. Together, the geoglyphs recall a time when the barren expanse of sand and rock was a ...

STORY: Here on the dry, windswept plateau of southern Peru, researchers have discovered more than a hundred new shapes, carved into the earth more than 1000 years before Europeans colonists set foot ...

Archaeologists found 168 more geoglyphs, dating back 2,000 years, in the desert near Nazca. Photos show the human and animal line drawings. Photo from Yamagata University A rabbit-looking creature ...

Even with all the advances we have made with technology, we still don’t know everything that happened in history. Isn’t it fascinating that almost every day, historians are making discoveries about ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

"AI was able to process in months what would have taken us decades with traditional methods," stated Sakai, after the algorithm detected patterns later confirmed in the Peruvian desert.

Dec. 21 (UPI) --Archeologists have discovered 168 new geoglyphs in the area around Nazca, Peru. The discovery adds significantly to the UNESCO world heritage site's 190 previously discovered markings.