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Valley of lost cities found hidden in the Amazon

Source: Antoine Dorison/Stephen Rostain/AP

A cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years has been uncovered by archeologists, who described the “incredible” find as an “extremely complicated society”.

Stéphen Rostain, first discovered a series of in - which have been mapped in 3D images - more than

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