New research conducted using airborne laser scanning reveals that a multicultural civilization that flourished in southwestern Amazonia between 600 BCE and 850 CE was home to millions of people.

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 ...

Researchers have uncovered hundreds of previously unknown ancient earthworks hidden beneath the Amazon rainforest using LiDAR technology, revealing that the Aquiry civilization was far larger and more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Archaeologists from Missouri State University are confirming the existence of a previously unknown ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using laser scanning technology to peer beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon rainforest, archaeologists have discovered hundreds ...

New airborne laser scans surveying the Amazon have found ancient human structures rewriting the history of this allegedly pristine wilderness. Reading time 3 minutes The scientific consensus up until ...

Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A large ancient population dubbed the Aquiry civilization by archaeologists may have lived in the ...

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 ...