05 March 2011

BRASIL: Rio's Mythic Slave Port Unearthed During Olympic Renovations.

GUARDIAN / T. Phillips

"... nearly two centuries after Rio's notorious Valongo wharf began operating, local archaeologists believe they may have located the slave port's ruins during a multibillion-dollar, pre-Olympic renovation of the city's harbour. "As soon as the discovery was made I went there," said Washington Fajardo, Rio's secretary for cultural heritage. "It is a moving experience, seeing an existing city and then another city two meters below. You feel a bit like Indiana Jones."