Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of ancient cities in the Amazon rainforest believed to be over two thousand years old. Located in a region called the Upano Valley in eastern Ecuador, these ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years. The highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements, with wide streets ...

In the thick green depths of the Amazon, long thought to be untouched wilderness, a stunning discovery has emerged. For decades, the rainforest was seen as too hostile for ancient urban life. But that ...

Laser mapping has revealed the extent of a cluster of ancient cities buried in the Amazon jungle that pre-date earlier discoveries by a thousand years. At least 10,000 farmers, and possibly tens of ...

Researchers have discovered two dozen ancient constructions hidden beneath the canopy in the Amazon rainforest basin. The constructions are earthworks built in the pre-Columbian era—meaning prior to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kunguints site in the Upano Valley is similar in size to the Giza Plateau and was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 ...

Research archaeologist Daniel Pierce, formerly of Imperial, hopes he and his colleague will head back to the Amazon this ...

A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is cloaked in ...

Lush, dense, and bursting with life, the Amazon rainforest is often seen as one of the last remaining pristine wildernesses on Earth. But this notion is being challenged. Over the last decade or so, ...