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Well, the real ruins of ancient civilizations are in Peru. Since Brazil is so big, and the jungle is so dense, for many years people believed that there might be something to be found inside the Brazilian part of the Amazon jungle. Many tried to find it, from the Spanish on the XVI century to modern explorers in early 20th century. The most recorrent legend was that the famous "Eldorado" ( the city made entirely of gold ) was in there. But almost no serious scientist believe today that there is something to be really found in there.
One very famous adventurer who lost his life there, in 1925, was British colonel Percy Fawcett, who is called by some as "the real life Indiana Jones." If I am correct, he entered the jungle searching for the "Eldorado." His body was never found.
Coincidently with the main subject of this forum, which is vintage television, a Brazilian man who was most obsessed with finding the remains of colonel Fawcett was the media tycoon that brought television to Brazil in 1950. Mister Assis Chateaubriand, the man who brought TV to this country, had a fixation on the History of colonel Fawcett. He financed many expeditions, and put his reporters on the track several times, all on a vain effort to try to uncover the misterys behind colonel Fawcett's disapearence.
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