When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

Deep within the Amazon rainforest, an unexpected archaeological discovery has been made, potentially unveiling secrets of a previously unknown ancient civilisation. Recently, Brazilian villagers made ...

Locals near Brazil's Fonte Boa region initially discovered the large urns sticking out of the ground where a tree was ...

A cluster of "lost cities" that flourished for a millennia have been discovered by archaeologists in the Amazon, with the findings published in the journal Science on Thursday. Laser imagery ...

Ancient earthwork structures represent one of the types of formations found in the Amazon that provide evidence of Indigenous occupation by pre-Columbian earth-building societies.

The Amazon prior to the arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1492 is commonly depicted as a pristine wilderness dotted with small, simple communities. The Llanos de Moxos (or "Mojos") elegantly ...

The Upano Valley’s ancient infrastructure is at least 1,000 years older than the other earthworks that have been recently revealed by lidar surveys beneath the Amazon foliage.

The ancient stone carvings were exposed when the Amazon's water level dropped during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state. Suamy Beydoun/Reuters.

[1/5] A view of ancient stone carvings on a rocky point of the Amazon river that were exposed after water levels dropped to record lows during a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil October ...

A newly identified ancient skull found in Peru has revealed an extinct giant called Pebanista yacuruna that offers insight into the evolution of freshwater dolphins.

Analysis of ancient human and animal remains suggests that precolonial peoples in the Bolivian Amazon likely fed ducks more than 1,000 years ago, a study reports.. The research, published in the ...