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78 places in the atlas, 6 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Contact Amazon 1542–1639 · Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish
Orellana 1542 densely settled Omagua longhouse chiefdom misread as gold kingdom Recorded context — Period: Contact Amazon 1542–1639; Culture: Omagua (Tupian) / Spanish; Field status: not applicable;…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Rebordello (also spelled Rebordelo) is a former town and a historic and archaeological site on Caviana, an island located in the Amazon Delta in the Brazilian state Pará.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Megalith
The Parque Arqueológico do Solstício (Solstice Archaeological Park), referred to in academic sources as AP-CA-18, is an archaeological park located in Amapá state, Brazil, near the city of Calçoene.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Claimed 14,000–10,000 BCE gods' arrival; literary 1976 invention · Claimed Ugha Mongulala with 'Gods' (von Däniken flavored)
Tatunca's 13-gated underground Purus valley city for Ugha Mongulala — traced to German-born Günther Hauck, murdered journalist source.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Museum of the American Man (Portuguese: Museu do Homem Americano) is a museum located in the municipality of São Raimundo Nonato, in the state of Piauí, which is also home to the Serra da…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Abrigo de Santa Elina is a rocky archaeological site located in the Serra das Araras mountain range, in the municipality of Jangada, Mato Grosso, 82 km from Cuiabá, and is considered the second…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Ilha Solteira Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Ilha Solteira in São Paulo, Brazil.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
The Pedra Pintada or "Painted Rock" is a large rock formation in the state of Roraima, Brazil.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Engineer Sérgio Motta Dam, formerly known as the Porto Primavera Dam, is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Rosana in São Paulo, Brazil.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Camará Dam was a dam located on the Mamanguape River in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. It burst on June 17, 2004, flooding towns of Alagoa Grande and Mulungu. At least three people died by drowning.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Cave of Gentio is a parietal art-bearing archaeological site situated about 30 km from Unaí, Minas Gerais, 180 km away from the Federal District.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Cave
Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Painted Rock Cave), is an archaeological site in northern Brazil with evidence of human presence dating ca. 11,200 years ago.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Necropolis
The Cemitério de São João Batista (lit. 'Saint John the Baptist's Cemetery') is a municipal necropolis originally owned and operated by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro (Holy House of…
