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AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert

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Archaeologists in Peru have discovered 303 previously unknown symbols carved in the Nazca Desert .

The discovery almost doubles the number of known Nazca geoglyphs.

Carvings include birds, plants, spiders, humanlike figures with headdresses, decapitated heads and an orca wielding a knife.

The symbols were found in the desert beginning in the early 20th century .

It’s not clear why the Nazca people made the symbols.

The main hypothesis is that they formed a sacred space that was perhaps a place of pilgrimage.

Other theories propose they played a part in calendars, astronomy, irrigation or for movement, such as running or dancing.

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