The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
A drop in water levels of the Amazon has revealed rock carvings which had been mostly submerged since they were carved more than a thousand years ago.
A severe drought means that the human faces carved into rocks on the shore can now be easily spotted. Some had been sighted during a previous drought but archaeologists say they have been able to locate a greater variety of the carvings this time.They are located on a stretch of shore known as Ponta das Lajes, near where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river flow into the Amazon.
Archaeologist Jaime Oliveira told local media that they were carved by people who lived in the area in pre-Columbian times. "This region is a pre-colonial site which has evidence of occupation dating back some 1,000 to 2,000 years," he said.Another rock has grooves thought to have been used by indigenous people in the area to sharpen their arrows.On Sunday, the river's level dropped for the first time to below 13m and on Tuesday it fell even further to 12.89m.
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