Lost Cities Discovered In Amazon Using Lasers In The Sky: Report
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Previous research in Amazon had revealed hundreds of isolated sites across more than 1,700 square miles of the Llano de Mojos region.
The rainforests of Amazon are one of the most intriguing places on the planet. It not only holds elaborate ecosystems, but many lost cities, which experts have been searching for since centuries.
Among them is El Dorado, a supposed lost city of gold, for which many Spanish explorers embarked on fruitless treks into the rainforests located in South America.
But now, using a popular laser technology Lidar, scientists have discovered that ancient cities really did exist in the Amazon. The lasers were beamed from helicopters perched more than 600 feet above the Amazon forests, which according to Nature, revealed that 'wilderness' of Amazon's rainforest was heavily populated.
"Here we present lidar data of sites belonging to the Casarabe culture (around AD 500 to AD 1400) in the Llanos de Mojos savannah, southwest Amazonia," the article said.
