The Amazon rainforest, long perceived as a pristine wilderness, is now being unveiled as a cradle of ancient garden towns. This revelation, made possible through cutting-edge scientific methods like ...

Read the Portuguese version here. In the badlands of the southwestern Amazon, Antonia Barbosa is fighting to protect ancient archaeological finds from Brazil’s unstoppable $523 billion agribusiness ...

Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial "garden city" in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived largely reliant on maize agriculture and raising muscovy ducks. The research ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recent archaeological findings, bolstered by laser-based lidar mapping and by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in the Amazon rainforest reveal that advanced civilizations flourished in this region long before European contact. Evidence of geometric constructions and the use of ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

Archaeologists examine a Sarmatian warrior grave that adds context to the Greek legend of the Amazons and ancient accounts of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: University of Helsinki Hundreds of newly identified geometric earthworks hidden beneath the Amazon canopy in ...

The Amazon rainforest, with its dense vegetation, is really good at hiding stuff. But all the signs of ancient civilizations hiding beneath its lush green canopies are no match for modern ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ancient Amazonians of the Casarabe culture (500-1400 CE) built an innovative dual water management system of drainage canals and ponds, enabling ...