Mystery Atlas
Civilisation

Casarabe Culture

A pre-Hispanic culture (c. AD 500-1400) in the Llanos de Mojos of Bolivia, revealed by a 2022 LIDAR survey to have built a dense, four-tiered network of monumental low-density urban settlements with causeways and pyramids up to 22 metres tall.

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Creatures & Figures

  • Casarabe Culture is an instance of Lost Cities of the Amazon.

  • Casarabe Culture is frequently compared to The Lost City of Z — Both are 21st-century remote-sensing discoveries (LIDAR) confirming genuine pre-Columbian urbanism in regions once assumed incapable of supporting it.

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