Wednesday, June 3, 2026

What is the most interesting archaeological discovery ever made?

 The discovery of how wide civilization in the Amazon is pretty incredible.

They used to think the Amazon only had disparate villages and whatnot, but it turned out to contain civilizations and vast interconnected communities.

It has been the gift the keeps on giving too. It seems like every year they find more cool stuff.

Yes, I know the above isn’t exactly new.

But they do discover many new ones and scan them with Lidar, so that you can see through the shrubbery and get a true sense of the buildings:

Archaeology is awesome.