Laser Technology Discovers 11 Historic Hidden Settlements Under Amazon Rainforest
Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site. Ecologically critical to our Earth, it also is a gem of human history. These sites were sophisticated, with water systems and pyramid-like structures. Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site. (Photo:H. Prumers/Dai) Using the technology aboard helicopters, the team covered an area of 1,737 square miles. Within these bounds they documented 24 smaller sites, 11 of which were previously unknown....