Monday, January 15, 2024

Found: 2,500-year-old megacity in Amazon

Daria Shekina, BBC-Ukraine (MSN, 1/16/24); Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Amazonian megacity was home to tens of thousands of people (Unsplash/BBC-Ukraine)
Can we achieve what the ancients did? Building sustainable megacity of future (edie.com)


Lasers can see right through the canopy
Laser technology (known as LiDAR) continues to demonstrate its effectiveness in the Amazon jungle: A group of archeologists in Ecuador (Latin America) has recently employed this technology to find thousands of earthen mounds concealed beneath the forest canopy, according to the scientific journal Science. During a major study of the Amazon jungle conducted by a team of archeologists led by Stephen Rostain from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), a remarkable discovery was made: an ancient megacity from the time of the Buddha. Using laser scanning technology, numerous structures that reveal hidden and hard-to-detect formations were identified. Mote: Archaeologists uncover ancient 2.500-year-old megacity in Amazon jungle (BBC-Ukraine via MSN)

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