So Francisco de Orellana was right… This cousin of the conquistador Francisco Pizarro was to be the first to descend the river that would later be called the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth in the 16th century. During his odyssey, the Spanish explorer, who went in search of gold and cinnamon, discovered impressive structures on the shores, which soon became fuel for the already long-lived myths about Eldorado…
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However, when the expedition returned, no one believed the fanciful stories of its chronicler, Father Gaspar de Carvajal. It was not until the 1980s that we recognized that civilization could thrive in this seemingly hostile environment. And only today we are discovering the extent of the work of these forgotten builders, thanks to the publication this Thursday in the journal Science of the results of work led by Steven Rosten, director of research at the CNRS. These are, of course, not the golden cities that have been discovered, but very numerous remains in the ground, challenging yesterday’s skeptics.
Source: Le Parisien
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