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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Archaeologists from Missouri State University are confirming the existence of a previously unknown ancient civilization hidden deep within the Brazilian Amazon, using advanced ...