Ancient human faces emerge from Brazilian rock carvings during severe drought

Rock carvings that have been mostly submerged for over a thousand years in the Amazon have been revealed due to a drop in water levels caused by a severe drought. The human faces carved into the rocks on the shore can now be easily spotted, and archaeologists have been able to locate a greater variety of carvings compared to a previous drought. The carvings were found in Manaus, Brazil, on a shore known as Ponta das Lajes, where two rivers flow into the Amazon. According to archaeologist Jaime Oliveira, these carvings were made by people who lived in the area before European colonization, and they depict anthropomorphic figures. In addition to the carved faces, there are grooves on another rock that were possibly used by indigenous people to sharpen their arrows. The carvings were last seen in 2010 during a drought, and the recent drop in water levels is attributed to climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon.