A Tree Fell in the Amazon—and Revealed Mysterious Urns of Ancient Human Remains

Mysterious Ceramic Urns Excavated in Amazon Rainforest - Archaeology Magazine

An archaeologist excavates one of the ceramic urns at the site of Lago do Cochila in Fonte Boa, Brazil. LAGO DO CHOCILA, BRAZIL—When a 50-foot Paricarana tree recently toppled in the Brazilian Amazon region of Fonte Boa, it revealed a collection of ceramic vessels buried by an unknown pre-Columbian culture centuries—or even millennia—ago. According to a Live Science report, archaeologists called to the site recovered seven vessels, two of which …

A tree fell in the Amazon—and revealed mysterious urns of ancient human remains

Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are.