The ruins of an ancient civilisation who were neighbours to the Maya
Photo: Dave Yoder/National Geographic.
[From article]
A team of American and Honduran archaeologists, aided by the bushcraft and survival skills of former British SAS soldiers, has just emerged from one of the most remote locations on Earth with news of their stunning discovery.
The expedition was seeking the site of the legendary "White City", also known as the "City of the Monkey God", a goal for Western explorers since the days of the Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century.
The city, believed to be one of many lost in the Mosquitia jungle, was home to an unknown people that thrived a thousand years ago but then vanished without trace – until now.
Unlike the Maya, so little is known of this pre-Columbian culture that it does not even have a name.
The discovery was revealed by the National Geographic, which sent a writer and photographer to accompany the expedition to the riverside site in a crater-shaped valley, encircled by imposing mountains.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/honduras/11448065/Ancient-lost-city-home-to-a-vanished-civilisation-found-deep-in-jungles-of-Honduras.html
Ancient 'lost city' home to a vanished civilisation found deep in jungles of Honduras
Expedition of archaeologists accompanied by ex-SAS survival experts makes stunning discovery of fabled "White City" where locals may have once worshipped a monkey god
By Philip Sherwell, New York
7:36PM GMT 03 Mar 2015
[From article]
A team of American and Honduran archaeologists, aided by the bushcraft and survival skills of former British SAS soldiers, has just emerged from one of the most remote locations on Earth with news of their stunning discovery.
The expedition was seeking the site of the legendary "White City", also known as the "City of the Monkey God", a goal for Western explorers since the days of the Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century.
The city, believed to be one of many lost in the Mosquitia jungle, was home to an unknown people that thrived a thousand years ago but then vanished without trace – until now.
Unlike the Maya, so little is known of this pre-Columbian culture that it does not even have a name.
The discovery was revealed by the National Geographic, which sent a writer and photographer to accompany the expedition to the riverside site in a crater-shaped valley, encircled by imposing mountains.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/honduras/11448065/Ancient-lost-city-home-to-a-vanished-civilisation-found-deep-in-jungles-of-Honduras.html
Ancient 'lost city' home to a vanished civilisation found deep in jungles of Honduras
Expedition of archaeologists accompanied by ex-SAS survival experts makes stunning discovery of fabled "White City" where locals may have once worshipped a monkey god
By Philip Sherwell, New York
7:36PM GMT 03 Mar 2015
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