The Amazon’s Laser-Mapped Kingdom: Unearthing Ancient Cities Lost to Time — The LiDAR Breakthroughs Revealing One of the Greatest Archaeological Discoveries on Earth

Beneath the Amazon rainforest lies a secret 2,500 years in the making. For centuries, scholars believed the Amazon was an untouched wilderness, too hostile for complex civilizations. They were catastrophically wrong. Using revolutionary LiDAR technology that penetrates the dense jungle canopy, archaeologists have uncovered a staggering truth: vast networks of interconnected cities, monumental earthworks, and sophisticated agricultural systems that supported populations numbering in the millions. The Amazon’s Laser-Mapped Kingdom reveals the extraordinary story of Ecuador's Upano Valley metropolis—older than the Roman Empire—and Bolivia's geometric cities with their towering pyramids and radiating roads. These weren't primitive villages. They were advanced urban centers with engineered landscapes that challenge everything we thought we knew about human civilization. This book takes you inside the cutting-edge science revealing these lost worlds, introduces you to the Indigenous peoples whose ancestors built them, and races against deforestation threatening to destroy evidence before it can be documented. The Amazon wasn't wilderness. It was home to one of humanity's greatest civilizations—and we're only beginning to understand its secrets. Perfect for anyone fascinated by archaeology, ancient history, and the untold stories hiding in plain sight. View Less