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Mysterious Ceramic Urns Excavated in Amazon Rainforest
Archaeology Magazine ^
| July 1, 2025
| editors / unattributed
Posted on 07/07/2025 9:17:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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 measured more than three feet in diameter, that they believe are funerary urns. Some contained human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs, and turtles that were likely part of a funerary ritual. The vases were found within an artificial earthen island that had been built to create dry community living space above the surrounding floodplain. The urns may have been deposited in the floor of a house, as was typically part of local funerary traditions. According to researchers, the deceased were typically left in a basket in the water until fish consumed the body's soft tissues. The skeletal remains were then cremated, placed in an urn, and buried beneath a house. To read about evidence of feasting recovered from mounds built more than 1,200 years ago on the coast of southern Brazil, go to " Something's Fishy."
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; theamazon
An archaeologist excavates one of the ceramic urns at the site of Lago do Cochila in Fonte Boa, Brazil.Georgea Holanda

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posted on
07/07/2025 9:17:17 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:18:40 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Dear leftists, that victory was just the undercard. Time for the main event.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:18:48 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Dear leftists, that victory was just the undercard. Time for the main event.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:19:30 PM PDT
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Waverunner
(Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
To: Waverunner
Largest dinasaur eggs were 10”x12”
From Hypselosauras priscus
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:29:58 PM PDT
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Cold Heart
(BP S GW)
To: SunkenCiv
[D]eceased were typically left in a basket in the water until fish consumed the body's soft tissues. The skeletal remains were then cremated, placed in an urn, and buried beneath a house. Charming.
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:34:26 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s a form of excarnation, which is one of the three primary ways cultures handle their dead — the other two being inhumation and cremation.
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:37:38 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Dear leftists, that victory was just the undercard. Time for the main event.)
To: SunkenCiv
The fish probably appreciated it.
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07/07/2025 9:41:49 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Cold Heart
Jeez....you’d think you’d know how to spell “dinosaur.”
Just kidding....
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posted on
07/07/2025 9:45:11 PM PDT
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gundog
(The ends justify the mean tweets. )
To: gundog
What’s this about Dinah Shore’s eggs?
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07/07/2025 9:50:12 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: Waverunner
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07/07/2025 10:14:43 PM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Cold Heart
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07/07/2025 10:16:35 PM PDT
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mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: Beowulf9
"What’s this about Dinah Shore’s eggs?"
ROFL!! Good one!!
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07/07/2025 10:19:48 PM PDT
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mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: Waverunner
That was my first thought, too.
To: Cold Heart
Largest found to date, Who knows what lurks deep in the Amazonian rainforest, under the Ice in Antarctica, or in the secret caves of the Himalayas?
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07/07/2025 11:38:18 PM PDT
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Waverunner
(Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
To: BenLurkin
This guy says, don't even need to be dead....
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07/07/2025 11:40:32 PM PDT
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Waverunner
(Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
To: SunkenCiv
Actually, I’ve seen something similar to what she’s dusting off there. You really don’t want to get your face too close to it.
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07/08/2025 2:43:49 AM PDT
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noiseman
(I The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: SunkenCiv
This is how they stored beer before someone invented beer bottles.
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07/08/2025 5:31:32 AM PDT
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libertylover
(The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: SunkenCiv
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07/08/2025 5:45:29 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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