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Scientists Just Discovered Hundreds More." publisher="Popular Mechanics" publisher-logo-src="https://www.popularmechanics.com/_assets/design-tokens/popularmechanics/static/images/logos/logo-jsonld.2362803.png" class="storifyme-story" poster-portrait-src="assets/poster-portrait-poster.png" poster-square-src="assets/poster-square-poster.png" poster-landscape-src="assets/poster-landscape-poster.png"><amp-story-page id="page_1" data-id="68c33fdc-b6be-47d0-b5c4-50d18a8a1c3d" class="storifyme-page type-normal layout-1" auto-advance-after="15s"><amp-story-grid-layer template="fill" class="storifyme-page-layer storify-default-layer"><div class="storifyme-layers"><div class="storifyme-layer storifyme-layer-background" style="background-color:#21836f"></div><div class="storifyme-layer-content"><div class="storify-element" style="" data-has-animation="false"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:-.2%;left:-.2%;width:100.4%;height:100.4%;position:absolute;opacity:1;z-index:0"><amp-img 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Decades</span></h1></div></div></div><div class="storify-element intro-content" style="animation-duration:.8s;animation-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);animation-delay:0s;--anim-name:fade-in;animation-fill-mode:both;transform-origin:calc(4.93337% + 86.22% / 2) calc(67.84% + 3.2983508245877062% / 2)" data-has-animation="true"><div style="position:absolute;top:67.84%;left:4.93337%;width:86.22%;font-size:.2098950524737631em;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL,Plus Jakarta Sans;opacity:1"><div class="html-content"><p style="font-size:inherit;text-align:left;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.4"><span style="font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL;color:#000"></span><span style="font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL;color:#fff;font-weight:400"></span><span style="font-family:Plus Jakarta Sans;color:#fff;font-weight:400">Scientists have discovered hundreds more of the mysterious Nazca Lines using advanced AI 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style="color:#fff;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL"> </span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:Dela Gothic One;font-weight:400">AI Discovers Hundreds of New Geoglyphs</span></h1></div></div></div><div class="storify-element content-contnent" style="animation-duration:.8s;animation-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);animation-delay:0s;--anim-name:fade-in;animation-fill-mode:both;transform-origin:calc(4.93% + 86.22% / 2) calc(57.77% + 3.298350824587706% / 2)" data-has-animation="true"><div style="position:absolute;top:57.77%;left:4.93%;width:86.22%;font-size:.2098950524737631em;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL,Plus Jakarta Sans;opacity:1"><div class="html-content"><p style="line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0;text-align:left;font-size:inherit"><span style="color:#000;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL;font-weight:400"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:Plus Jakarta Sans;font-weight:400">A Japanese research team trained an AI to locate 303 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert. This adds to the existing 430 ancient drawings that have puzzled scientists and drawn tourists from around the world.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="storify-element" style="" data-has-animation="false"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:55.700000000000024%;left:5%;width:90.13333333333333%;height:.14992503748125938%;position:absolute;opacity:1"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="632" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/hmg-easel-prod/stories/do-not-delete-12993-story/assets/1/f-f-zgusf31pnwas4-dibzqtog-20181716411628404-81891717679677192.svg" class="storify-element-image width-100 height-100" alt="Divider"></amp-img></div></div></div></amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-page-outlink layout="nodisplay" theme="custom" cta-image="none" cta-accent-element="text" cta-accent-color="#000000"><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62390471/more-nazca-lines-discovered/?utm_campaign=webstories&utm_medium=webstories&utm_source=webstories">READ MORE</a></amp-story-page-outlink></amp-story-page><amp-story-page id="page_3" data-id="0d7d7325-af42-4704-afd8-6d9c496496b4" class="storifyme-page type-normal layout-1" auto-advance-after="15s"><amp-story-grid-layer template="fill" class="storifyme-page-layer storify-default-layer"><div class="storifyme-layers"><div class="storifyme-layer storifyme-layer-background" style="background-color:#21836f"></div><div class="storifyme-layer-content"><div class="storify-element" style="animation-duration:4s;animation-timing-function:ease-out;animation-delay:0s;--anim-name:ken-burn-right;animation-fill-mode:both;transform-origin:calc(-.2% + 100.4% / 2) calc(-.2% + 100.4% / 2)" data-has-animation="true"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:-.2%;left:-.2%;width:100.4%;height:100.4%;position:absolute;opacity:1;z-index:0"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="1" src="https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/nazca-desert-the-nazca-lines-geoglyphs-the-high-res-stock-photography-1574445569.jpg" class="story-img width-100 height-100" alt="Nazca Desert (Nasca) Nazca Lines. 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These large ground drawings measure up to 1,200 feet and depict various animals, plants, and abstract figures.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="storify-element" style="" data-has-animation="false"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:55.700000000000024%;left:5%;width:90.13333333333333%;height:.14992503748125938%;position:absolute;opacity:1"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="632" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/hmg-easel-prod/stories/do-not-delete-12993-story/assets/1/f-f-zgusf31pnwas4-dibzqtog-20181716411628404-81891717679677192.svg" class="storify-element-image width-100 height-100" alt="Divider"></amp-img></div></div></div></amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-page-outlink layout="nodisplay" theme="custom" cta-image="none" cta-accent-element="text" cta-accent-color="#000000"><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62390471/more-nazca-lines-discovered/?utm_campaign=webstories&utm_medium=webstories&utm_source=webstories">READ MORE</a></amp-story-page-outlink></amp-story-page><amp-story-page id="page_4" data-id="a84dc984-f534-4275-9016-61e226cae7f1" class="storifyme-page type-normal layout-1" auto-advance-after="15s"><amp-story-grid-layer template="fill" class="storifyme-page-layer storify-default-layer"><div class="storifyme-layers"><div class="storifyme-layer storifyme-layer-background" style="background-color:#21836f"></div><div class="storifyme-layer-content"><div class="storify-element" style="animation-duration:4s;animation-timing-function:linear;animation-delay:0s;--anim-name:ken-pan-left;animation-fill-mode:both;transform-origin:calc(-.2% + 100.4% / 2) calc(-.2% + 100.4% / 2)" data-has-animation="true"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:-.2%;left:-.2%;width:100.4%;height:100.4%;position:absolute;opacity:1;z-index:0"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="1" src="https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/nazca-desert-the-nazca-lines-geoglyphs-the-high-res-stock-photography-1574445569.jpg" class="story-img width-100 height-100" alt="Nazca Desert (Nasca) Nazca Lines. 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Masato Sakai, a study co-author, said that the use of AI has allowed for mapping geoglyphs much more quickly and accurately, producing results up to 20 times faster than traditional methods.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="storify-element" style="" data-has-animation="false"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:55.700000000000024%;left:5%;width:90.13333333333333%;height:.14992503748125938%;position:absolute;opacity:1"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="632" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/hmg-easel-prod/stories/do-not-delete-12993-story/assets/1/f-f-zgusf31pnwas4-dibzqtog-20181716411628404-81891717679677192.svg" class="storify-element-image width-100 height-100" alt="Divider"></amp-img></div></div></div></amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-page-outlink layout="nodisplay" theme="custom" cta-image="none" cta-accent-element="text" cta-accent-color="#000000"><a 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One;font-weight:400">Types of Nazca Creations</span></h1></div></div></div><div class="storify-element content-contnent" style="animation-duration:.8s;animation-timing-function:cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);animation-delay:0s;--anim-name:fade-in;animation-fill-mode:both;transform-origin:calc(4.93% + 86.22% / 2) calc(57.77% + 3.2983508245877062% / 2)" data-has-animation="true"><div style="position:absolute;top:57.77%;left:4.93%;width:86.22%;font-size:.2098950524737631em;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL,Plus Jakarta Sans;opacity:1"><div class="html-content"><p style="line-height:1.4;letter-spacing:0;text-align:left;font-size:inherit"><span style="color:#000;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:SimplonMono-Regular-WebXL;font-weight:400"></span><span style="color:#fff;font-family:Plus Jakarta Sans;font-weight:400">The Nazca geoglyphs are categorized into line-type and relief-type. Line-type glyphs were made by carving into the landscape, often revealing new colors beneath and are generally large enough to be seen from above.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="storify-element" style="" data-has-animation="false"><div class="storify-media-wrapper" style="top:55.700000000000024%;left:5%;width:90.13333333333334%;height:.14992503748125935%;position:absolute;opacity:1"><amp-img layout="fill" height="1" width="632" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/hmg-easel-prod/stories/do-not-delete-12993-story/assets/1/f-f-zgusf31pnwas4-dibzqtog-20181716411628404-81891717679677192.svg" class="storify-element-image width-100 height-100" alt="Divider"></amp-img></div></div></div></amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-page-outlink layout="nodisplay" theme="custom" cta-image="none" cta-accent-element="text" cta-accent-color="#000000"><a 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