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Places in Brazil matching “Mato Grosso, Upper Xingu (Xinguano) Basin – Parque Indígena do Xingu” · Mysteria

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Places in Brazil matching “Mato Grosso, Upper Xingu (Xinguano) Basin – Parque Indígena do Xingu”

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🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city

City of Z / Kuhikugu (Upper Xingu)

Claimed ancient (Fawcett 500 BCE Atlant. survivors) vs real Xinguano 800–1600 CE · Fawcett: imagined Atlantean/Cartaginian survivors; real: ancestral Kuikuro (Arawak) Xinguano polities

Fawcett's Atlantean Z near Xingu 1925 vanished – 30 km away Heckenberger found real 50-ha Kuhikugu road-plaza network.