Ancient 'lost city' home to a vanished civilisation found deep in jungles of Honduras

telegraph.co.uk ^ | 3/3/15 | Philip Sherwell

[BBell]

The jungle-choked remains of a "lost city", abandoned by a mysterious civilisation several centuries ago and long fabled for reports of its gold and "monkey children", have been uncovered in the depths of the rainforests of Honduras.

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.

[SunkenCiv]

LiDAR survey ‘finds’ lost Honduran ‘city of gold’
Archaeology News Network | May 14, 2013 | Tim Walker
Posted on 05/15/2013 11:15:53 PM PDT by OddLane
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3020090/posts

[Slings and Arrows]

Cthulhu is only my neighbor..

Yeah, and he really wishes that you'd stop waking him up.

[Darksheare]

Not my fault he’s such a light sleeper.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Maybe that coffee you made...... the pot that blew a hole in the kitchen, woke him up.

[Darksheare]

So I spiked an elder gods morning breakfast with my coffee.
You’d think he’d be immune to such abuse, but NOOO.

[stephenjohnbanker]

No big deal..

[When do we get liberated?]

Its a black, violent place if I remember the game..

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

So THAT is why Obama got elected!

Darksheare's fault. :)

[Darksheare]

My coffee, the downfall of humanity.
And thus the world was laid waste.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

:Shrug:

It had to happen sometime.

Can I have another cup?

[Darksheare]

I don’t see why not.
I mean, it isn’t likely to cause singularities or anything.

[SunkenCiv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ciudad_Blanca

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Lost_City_of_the_Monkey_God.png

http://article.wn.com/view/2015/03/03/Explorers_Believe_They_Have_Found_The_Legendary_Lost_White_C/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2976834/Incredible-photos-untouched-ruins-Honduran-rainforest-reveal-fabled-City-Money-God-DOES-exist-centuries-speculation.html

http://oldhickorysweblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/city-of-monkey-god-or-not.html

[null and void]

Did you mean:

Cthulhu is my only neighbor.., hmmmm?

[Darksheare]

MMMmmaaaaybe?

[colorado tanker]

I didn't know that the Mosquito Coast actually extends a little bit into Honduras. It looks like much of the region is in national parks.

I wonder when/if there will be excavations?

[NicknamedBob]

"NOT my fault.
Cthulhu is only my neighbor.."

That happened to you too?

My friend Timmy was never the same, although I have no real evidence that it was Cthulhu.

Does Cthulhu write thank-you notes on parchment with an ink made of flame?

[Jim Noble]

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

[BBell]

I loved “The In-Laws”. I have never seen the remake as I’m sure it stunk.

[Michael.SF.]

I did and it did.

So many lines in that movie are forever part of the family lexicon in my house.

SERPENTINE!!!

[SunkenCiv]

The Nat Geog article about it states that (oh no!) forest clearing is going on to create pasturing for cattle, and they’re only a couple of miles from the valley where these ruins are spread out. So, IOW, these really remote ruins would have been found in a few years anyway. :’)