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OT: Another ''Lost City'' has been found.


http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150302-honduras-lost-c ity-monkey-god-maya-ancient-archaeology/

"An expedition to Honduras has emerged from the jungle with dramatic news of the discovery of a mysterious culture’s lost city, never before explored.

"Archaeologists surveyed and mapped extensive plazas, earthworks, mounds, and an earthen pyramid belonging to a culture that thrived a thousand years ago, and then vanished. The team, which returned from the site last Wednesday, also discovered a remarkable cache of stone sculptures ....

"In contrast to the nearby Maya, this vanished culture has been scarcely studied and it remains virtually unknown. Archaeologists don’t even have a name for it. ...

"... 'This is clearly the most undisturbed rain forest in Central America,' said the expedition's ethnobotanist, Mark Plotkin, who spent 30 years in Amazonia. 'The importance of this place can’t be overestimated.'

"Virgilio Paredes Trapero, the director of the IHAH [Honduran Institute for Anthropology and History], under whose auspices the expedition operated, spent several days at the site. He concluded: 'If we don’t do something right away, most of this forest and valley will be gone in eight years. ... The Honduran government is committed to protecting this area, but doesn’t have the money. We urgently need international support.'"

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Awesome! Imagine all the other secrets hidden in the jungles! Our world still has so many secrets left to discover!

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Poor Fawcett was 3000 miles off course.

They're digging in the wrong place"

What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.

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