Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain. “It was a lost valley of cities,” said Rostain, who directs investigations at France’s National Center for Scientific Research. A Lidar image from the Copueno site, Upano Valley, in Ecuador. “There’s always been an incredible diversity of people and settlements in the Amazon, not only one way to live,” said Rostain.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2024 21:58 UTC