Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago

Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago

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Using laser scanning innovation to peer underneath the thick canopy of the Amazon jungle, archaeologists have actually found numerous ancient earthworks that were made by a complex, enigmatic society over 2 centuries earlier, a brand-new research study discovers.

This ancient civilization, called the Aquiry, occurred 2,500 years back in Brazil. Based upon the a great deal of earthworks, called geoglyphs, the Aquiry might have had 3 million individuals before the society collapsed, the scientists recommended in the research study.

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