Settlements from a "lost" Amazonian civilization were found.
Millions of lasers shot from a helicopter flying over the Amazon basin have revealed evidence of unknown settlements built by a "lost" pre-Hispanic civilization, resolving a long-standing scientific debate about whether the region could sustain a large population, a new study finds.
Ancient landscape
Map of the Llanos de Mojos savannah and the Casarabe Culture area in Bolivia.
What did the ancient Maya place inside these monumental structures?
In this image, we see Chichén Itzá at dusk.
The ancient Maya constructed hundreds of pyramids throughout Mesoamerica, from about 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1500, placing a wide variety of artifacts inside of them.
