News Using LIDAR Archaeologists Have Found A Cluster Of Lost Civilizations In The Amazon

[MLarson]

MSN

New research from scientists at the French National Center for Scientific Research has revealed the ruins of an ancient city in eastern Ecuador’s Upano Valley, along the foothills of the Andes. Through mapping 115 square miles with light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology, the team found evidence of a 2,500-year-old settlement (named Sangay) that could’ve been home to a population of 10,000, or even 100,000 at one point. The crew, lead by Stéphen Rostain, published their remarkable discovery last week in the journal.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[SakurabasEar]

I've learned to doubt these kind of findings, as true as I would like them to be

Maybe this one will be different

 

[fungi]

We've lost so much knowledge and wisdom...
Shame.

 

[Mesos]

Cool to see them find more settlements. Pretty much from central Mexico to the Amazon they had a ton of organized civilizations. Mexico had the most notable cities but they were all over the place and massive in size. Alot of them have been lost to time and are barely being rediscovered by archaeologists.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Graham Handcock was talking about this on JRE

 

[HunterAcosta]

“ But. But …modern civilization started with Greece !”

 

[Belaya Smert]

“ But. But …modern civilization started with Greece !”

Sounds very Gay

 

[Long Dark Blues]

“ But. But …modern civilization started with Greece !”

Do people say this?

I thought it was widely accepted that civilization started in Mesopotamia.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

I was expecting a lego reenactment

 

[I Am Legion]

Yes, I read of this civilization found. They have evidence that were using tools made of various metals and stone. Mass burial sites of goats, Owls, and Otters are leading archaelogists to believe they may have scarificed small animals. Looks like they also practiced early dentistry using pulleys and weights. They also found a diet that consisted of many things we do not consider food today...like flowers, and leaves, even river rock. Looks like there is also evidence of rhythm based instruments and they may have made music similar to the sounds of the jungle.

 

[MLarson]

I was expecting a lego reenactment

I'm not @LeonardoBjj

 

[HunterAcosta]

Do people say this?

I thought it was widely accepted that civilization started in Mesopotamia.

Yeah civilization but the backbone of our laws and morals from Greece . But I think it started before that .