August 28, 2008 | 5 comments

Ancient Amazon Actually Highly Urbanized

It's not Rio de Janeiro or even ancient Athens but anthropologists uncover evidence of urban settlements

By David Biello   

 
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LOST CITY: The Amazon jungle concealed an urban setting of towns and villages, dubbed Kuhikugu. Roads, represented by the dashed lines, connected the habitations, denoted by earthworks in red.
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