How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found
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Percy Fawcett vanished in the Amazon in 1925 while searching for the lost city of "Z", based on ancient rumors, but recent findings of large settlements in the Amazon have challenged previous assumptions about the region's history.
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- Percy Fawcett's disappearance in the Amazon while searching for the lost city of "Z" highlighted the challenges of finding evidence of ancient cities in the rainforest due to the lack of visible stone ruins or large populations, reinforcing the belief that the region couldn't support complex societies.
- The discovery of terra preta soil, advanced settlements along the Xingu river, and recent findings of large cities in the Amazon dating back centuries challenge the previous notion that the rainforest was incapable of sustaining sophisticated civilizations, indicating a rich history of complex societies in the region.
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