The drought bared ancient images of human faces in Amazon

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Ancient rock drawings of human faces which usually are under water in the Brazilian Amazon, were naked this month as a result of a record drought which sharply lowered a water level. The carving was made indigenous people about 1000-2000 years ago on a place of archeological excavations under the name of Ponto-das-Layes, near a place of merges the rivers Negro and Solimoyes in Amazon. Now this region of Amazon suffers from a destructive drought therefore the coastline of the river of Negro fell approximately by 15 meters and reached the lowest level since the beginning of the 20th...
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