In Brazil, Amazon fires threaten millenary rock paintings

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ancient rock paintings in Brazil’s Monte Alegre park are being threatened by some of the fires burning in the Amazon region.
The online news site G1 reports says the Para state environmental institute reported the fires broke out Saturday and continued Sunday.
The park has several archaeological sites, including the one currently at risk, Serra Lua. Experts say the rock paintings in Serra Lua show humans occupied that part of the lower Amazon at least 11,000 yea