Scientists Have Just Found An Untouched Civilization On Top Of A Mountain In The Amazon Jungle

Scientists Have Just Found An Untouched Civilization On Top Of A Mountain In The Amazon Jungle. The Amazon Jungle is a moist broadleaf rainforest in the Amazon basin of South America. The rainforest spreads across 5,500,000 square meters, with nine countries sharing the Amazon basin. However, scientists are yet to explore most of the land in the rainforest fully. The Amazon region is one of the places on our planet that scientists believe hosted prehistoric civilizations. Over the years, archaeologists have combed the Amazon Jungle for evidence of extinct civilizations. Their efforts seem to have yielded positive results because recently, scientists uncovered an abandoned city on a mountain in the rainforest. The uninhabited city is known as Machu Picchu. The 15th-century city is sometimes called the Lost City of the Incas because it was built during the Inca Civilization. Machu Picchu is believed to be a private royal estate of the Inca Empire rulers. The city was built in the 1450s by Pachachuti Inca Yup