23/02/10 - 18h51 - Atualizado em 23/02/10 - 18h52

Deforestation unveils mysterious signs in the Amazon

Origin of giant signs called geoglyphs is unclear.
Drawings were made before the arrival of first Europeans to Brazil.

Globo Amazônia

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Monumental drawings are being uncovered by deforestation in Western Amazon.

 

A Brazilian TV crew has visited some of these signs and has even found some new unknow geoglyphs.

 

According to scientists, the drawings were made long before the arrival of first Europeans to Brazil. But how were they built and by whom?

 

Watch the video for more information on the mysterious geogliphs.

 

 

 

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