Mysterious in origin, these earth carvings are thought to be around 700 years old. Photo via Apolo11

Road workers in Brazil were preparing to pave a highway through the Amazon rainforest recently, when they made an important archeological discovery — a series of enormous earth carvings, barely perceivable from the ground. Known as Read the full story on TreeHugger
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