Roads, farming threaten Ecuador 'lost city' complex

[Article] Équateur : une citée perdue menacée par l'empiètement humain.


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Roads, farming threaten Ecuador 'lost city' complex.Quito (AFP) - Shielded by the jungle for hundreds of years, the remains of a massive 2,500-year-old network of Ecuadoran cities are being threatened by road and farm encroachment just as its long-held secrets are being revealed, researchers say.Traces...
This article was published Monday, 19 February, 2024 by AFP
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The extent of what is now believed to be the largest and oldest network of pre-Hispanic cities was first unveiled in 2023 after a project scanning the area with laser-mapping techonology from above © AFP Rodrigo BUENDIA


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