Posted on 11/18/2019 5:37:59 PM PST by Rebelbase
ver 100 new geoglyphs depicting fish, snakes and humanoids, among other things, have been identified near Nazca, Peru—thanks, at least in part, to artificial intelligence.
Researchers at Yamagata University and IBM Japan used AI technology belonging to the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York to locate 142 geoglyphs, which are thought to date back to a period between 100 BCE and 300 CE. A plethora of living things are represented in this ancient artwork, from fish and birds to monkeys, camelids and humanoids.
They were constructed by removing rocks, leaving a negative image in the white sand below. The longest piece identified is larger than the Statue of Liberty, measuring more than 100 meters from tip-to-tip, and the smallest is 5 meters—approximately the same size as Michelangelo's David.
Researchers have split the geoglyphs into two categories, based on size, age and design. The first group (type A) are line drawings and tend to be bigger, measuring 50 meters or more. The second group (type B) consists of solid-colored surfaces that are 50 meters and smaller.
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Move up 50 years; We were removing rocks from a pasture, used most for erosion control.
Had a ten year old driving the Gator. Moved multiple loads of rocks to a pasture corner and built a three sided enclosure.
He asked Why?
Me: Why not build something? We are moving rocks anyway. If we build it cow proof, it will stay for many decades.
If you build it cow proof, they will come.
“Is such a thing even possible?”
“Well.....yes! According to Ancient Alien Theorists.......”
“Definitely Aliens.”
Eh, what’s that? Democrats you say?
If someone took out his spray cans and painted that snake-like image on a wall in LA, people would take it as pure fantasy.
But when they find the same thing done by ancients, they immediately start finding deep religious significance in it and even extraterrestrial connections.
Sometimes graffiti is just graffiti, and nothing more.
Beat me to it! Yeah, quick, go get the weird hair dude!
Needs Scully
Wow! I just read this to my husband. We’re both laughing.
Maybe that’s what meteorites are? They see her face from space and turn to stone.
“Beware of Geeks bearing glyphs!”
Nicely done!
Why does a U.S. news magazine feel compelled to use a standard of measurement that most lay people in this country are only vaguely familiar with?
I guess it's just too cool to speak Euro these days.
That is snek.
You expect a millenial copy-editor to do math and convert meters to feet?
Well, given the times and life expectancies, teenage boys could almost be considered middle age.
LOL .. Point taken.
/bingo
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