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Deep in the Amazon, an Almost-Perfect Pyramid Just Appeared on Satellite Maps—Refusing to Explain Itself to Science

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, near the border with Brazil, a striking landform has stirred scientific curiosity and cultural ...
Los Angeles Times

Archaeologists map lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that lasted 1,000 years

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried ...
Futurism

Scientists Find Ruins of Ancient Cities in Amazon Jungle

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of ancient cities in the Amazon rainforest believed to be over two thousand years old. Located in a region called the Upano Valley in eastern Ecuador, these ...
Environmental Defense Fund

New Analysis Finds Indigenous Lands and Protected Areas Are Key in Slowing Deforestation; Without them Brazilian Amazon Forest Loss Would be 35% and Carbon Emissions 45% Higher

EDF study shows protecting 63.4M ha of Brazilian Amazon as Indigenous or protected land could curb deforestation from land grabs and farming.
NPR

A Brazilian road project cuts through the Amazon, paving the way to vast deforestation

Reporter John Otis along with photographer Bruno Kelly traveled the length of the road, known as BR-319, for this story. BR-319 HIGHWAY, Brazil — This road trip starts on water. That's because the ...