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‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon
The urban centres are the first to be discovered in the region, challenging archaeological dogma.
- Indiana Jones 5?drgs
- That would be a good teaserChimp
- Who's the guy Rogan chats shit with about this? I find it all fascinatingIanbolton
- Don’t get why this is the mind-blowingGnash
- There's a book...1491...grafician
- https://www.amazon.c…grafician
- the Rogan guest is Graham Hancock.
book: 'America Before:...'
There is even a QBNer who knows him or is related to him if I recall right.uan - It just keeps getting older...PhanLo
- Mind blowing? It's a 50 foot pyramid on a 1 acre plot of land...toemaas
- ^ a pyramid of dirt, no lessGnash
- I can see a dickbutt in that map, that's mindblowingIanbolton
- The Lost City of the Monkey God
https://en.wikipedia…
Also full of pandemic fun.hosscreative - Have you read it, grafician?Nairn
- Bolivia is such a cool country to visit, coming directly from the west - it's like an alternative world. Pretty awesome.shapesalad
- lol everyone's a cynic these days...how is it not mind-blowing to discover a previously unknown civilization in the Amazon using lasersyuekit
- does it have a bitcoin logo in the centre like that golden hodl city in el salvador?neverscared
- not an unknown civilization, they just weren't correct about how they lived thereGnash
- LIDAR is the real hero here. It's revolutionizing archeologyGnash
- It says the settlements were spread out over a large area...also we are probably only seeing part of what once existed even with the LIDAR tech.yuekit
- https://www.nature.c…yuekit
- Ya, and? still not an unknown civilizationGnash
- They knew people were living in the region but it was assumed they were nomadic hunters living in the jungle, not building primitive towns and canals.yuekit
- as i said.. "not an unknown civilization, they just weren't correct about how they lived there"Gnash
- primitive towns and canals... in the 1400's, is interesting, perhaps. Mind-blowing, hardlyGnash
- If you are an archeologist studying this part of the world I'm sure it's "mind-blowing" or at least a significant discovery...yuekit
- An archeologist probably isn't going to conclude "well this sucks compared to medieval Britain doesn't it...lame, time to go home"yuekit
- I see a Doppler Boner ╭ᑎ╮utopian