Hacker News with Generative AI: Peru

Peru's ancient irrigation systems turned deserts into farms because of culture (theconversation.com)
Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world.
Ancient History, Agriculture, Peru, Culture, Deserts
158 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 78 comments
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89 (nytimes.com)
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while also writing essays that made him one of the most influential political commentators in the Spanish-speaking world, died on Sunday in Lima. He was 89.
Literature, Peru, Nobel Prize, Obituaries
12 points by wslh 12 days ago | 1 comments
Peru's Great Urban Experiment (2023) (archaeology.org)
Peru, Archaeology, Urban Planning, History
62 points by Thevet 41 days ago | 38 comments
Pyramid structure discovered near Caral Peru (omniletters.com)
A team of archaeologists has made a significant discovery at the Chupacigarro settlement, located just one kilometer from the sacred city of Caral in the Supe Valley, Lima region.
Archaeology, Peru, History, Ancient Civilizations
69 points by namanyayg 84 days ago | 27 comments
Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru's Desert (nytimes.com)
With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.
Archaeology, Peru, History, Ancient Civilizations, Technology
33 points by morninj 153 days ago | 22 comments
Over 300 New 'Nazca Lines' Geoglyphs Have Been Revealed by AI (thedebrief.org)
AI, Archaeology, Peru, History, Ancient Civilizations
91 points by thunderbong 212 days ago | 32 comments
Paramotorists soar across remote Peru desert to collect threatened plants (phys.org)
In an innovative paper published today in the journal Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Huarango Nature and paramotorists from Forest Air, highlight the exciting potential of paramotoring as a means of aiding research and conservation efforts in some of the most fragile and challenging parts of the globe.
Conservation, Botany, Technology, Peru, Remote Sensing
69 points by wglb 212 days ago | 24 comments
Mysterious Nazca Glyphs Have Just Been Revealed (sciencealert.com)
In the desert of southern Peru, a mystery has been unfolding over decades.
Archaeology, Peru, Ancient History, Mysteries
12 points by kickout 214 days ago | 6 comments
Mysterious Nazca Glyphs Have Just Been Revealed (sciencealert.com)
In the desert of southern Peru, a mystery has been unfolding over decades.
Archaeology, History, Peru, Mystery, Nazca Lines
7 points by cainxinth 214 days ago | 2 comments
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies at age 86 (latintimes.com)
Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru who led the country from 1990 to 2000, died on Wednesday at the age of 86, said his family on social media.
Politics, Peru, Obituary, Latin America
31 points by seo-speedwagon 226 days ago | 5 comments
Temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu Picchu discovered in Peru (cnn.com)
Archaeology, History, Peru, Ancient Civilizations
64 points by begueradj 287 days ago | 2 comments