Huge ancient city found in the Amazon

www.bbc.co.uk

Huge ancient city found in the Amazon

www.bbc.co.uk

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ArchaeologyEnglish · 1 year ago

The city was built 2,500 years ago but may have been abandoned after a volcanic eruption.

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Yeah it’s not really their fault I guess, “huge ancient city” just conjured images of ruined buildings and stuff, that’s all. Made me laugh
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  They’re there, under 500 years worth of dirt.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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