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Judi Lynn

(163,484 posts)
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 05:11 PM Jul 2024

Tonight on PBS at 8:00 Central Time, "NOVA 'Ancient Builders of the Amazon' "

NOVA 'Ancient Builders of the Amazon'

Discoveries reveal traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries with prehistoric populations in the Amazon.


Of course, there will be reruns later.

Could be interesting.

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Tonight on PBS at 8:00 Central Time, "NOVA 'Ancient Builders of the Amazon' " (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2024 OP
Thanks! Season 50 episode 3 of Nova (Timer set) GreenWave Jul 2024 #1
Have read the book 1491? multigraincracker Jul 2024 #2
No I haven't. Seems Central America where rivers saw huge civilizations. GreenWave Jul 2024 #3
Wiped out 3/4 of the population in a few years multigraincracker Jul 2024 #5
That's a lot of "Novas", had no idea! Hoping tonight's program will be good. Judi Lynn Jul 2024 #4

GreenWave

(11,110 posts)
1. Thanks! Season 50 episode 3 of Nova (Timer set)
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 05:51 PM
Jul 2024

I always wondered why humans did not set up mega civilizations along the Amazon, Orinoco or La Plata as they seem to do elsewhere on this planet.

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