INCREDIBLE new photos have emerged of a long lost tribe living in a remote patch of jungle in South America.

Article by Tom Michael

The Moxihatetema people live in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, near the border with Venezuela, and have never been contacted.

Amazing pictures show the remote Moxihatetema people are still alive and well in the Amazon

The pictures – showing the tribespeople inside a communal structure known as a maloca – were taken from a passing aircraft after the tribe shunned previous approaches from outsiders.

The images are the clearest yet of the tribe, who remain completely isolated from the outside world.

When zoomed in, one of the men can be seen shaking his spear in the direction of the camera in what seems like an aggressive gesture.

The tribe live completely isolated from the outside world in the remote Amazon

One of the tribesmen can be seen shaking his spear at the passing aircraft

Another of the tribespeople looks as if he is throwing his spear at the photographer’s aircraft

Other members of the tribe can be seen simply staring upward in the direction of the strange flying object.

The Moxihatetema – one of three Yanomami groups in the area – are monitored remotely after worries over clashes with illegal miners encroaching on their territory, The Guardian reports.

Miners have previously fought with remote tribespeople in the region after invading their protected lands in search of gold.

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