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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Ancient Amazon Cities Found; Were Vast Urban Network


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Lines mapped from village earthworks radiate outward from the central power seat in the southernmost of two recently identified clusters of ancient Amazon towns.

Dozens of densely packed, pre-Columbian towns, villages, and hamlets arranged in an organized pattern have been mapped in the Brazilian Amazon, anthropologists announced in late August 2008.

Map courtesy Science/AAAS