The unearthing of an immense network of cities deep in the Ecuadorean Amazon is proving that the world's biggest rainforest was once a thriving cosmopolitan hub.
Deep within Ecuador's Amazon lies an unnamed, pre-Hispanic city, a significant archaeological find that suggests a developed society existed 2,500 years ago, challenging historical perceptions of the region.
In 2015, laser mapping technology revealed the existence of a massive pre-Hispanic settlement in the eastern foothills of the Andes, at least 2,500 years old. Now, research published in the journal ‘Science’ provides new details.
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A series of ancient cities and gardens, connected by a network of canals and roads, has been unearthed from underneath the Amazon rainforest within Ecuador's Upano Valley.
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