More information: Philip Riris et al, Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River, Antiquity (2024). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2024.55 Provided by Antiquity This story was originally published on ...

Compared to many of the world’s river systems, the Orinoco is relatively intact. But this may not last for long as the river and its surrounding areas are threatened by pollution and mining activities ...

Some 300 years ago, non-Indigenous travelers along the Upper and Middle Orinoco River—one of the world’s largest rivers, its flows looping for 1,400 miles through Colombia and Venezuela ...