A drought in Brazil has lowered the water levels of the Amazon River enough to expose ancient stone carvings depicting human faces.
A drought in South America has revealed long-hidden, ancient carvings of human faces. Water levels of the Amazon River have dropped amid unusually sparse rainfall in Brazil, uncovering ancient art normally hidden by the shoreline. Among the rocks revealed by the drought are carvings of human faces dating from thousands of years ago.
Archeologists have been aware of the carved faces for years, but the low water levels have unearthed previously unseen specimens. The carvings appear to have been created by indigenous people before contact with European explorers. 'This region is a pre-colonial site which has evidence of occupation dating back some 1,000 to 2,000 years,' said archaeologist Jaime Oliveira, according to Reuters. 'What we're seeing here are representations of anthropomorphic figures.
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