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Huge network of ancient cities unearthed in the Amazon rainforest

Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a vast network of cities dating back 2,500 years. Highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements with wide avenues and long, straight roads, plazas and clusters of monumental platforms have been found in Amazonian Ecuador’s Upano Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Andes, according to a study published… Read More »

Huge network of ancient cities unearthed in the Amazon rainforest

Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a vast network of cities dating back 2,500 years. Highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements with wide avenues and long, straight roads, plazas and clusters of monumental platforms have been found in Amazonian Ecuador’s Upano Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Andes, according to a study published… Read More »