Posted on 01/09/2016 3:03:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A view of the Rio Platano biosphere reserve in Honduras, where explorers over the past century have claimed several times to have spotted the White City
Honduras said Thursday it was starting a major archeological dig for a mysterious, ancient "White City" supposedly hidden in jungle in its northeast that explorers and legends have spoken of for centuries.
"Today a group of archeologists and scientists is traveling to the White City to start excavations in coming days," President Juan Orlando Hernandez said in a speech to private universities.
The hope is that they will uncover incontrovertible proof of the existence of the fabled site, which has also been called "the City of the Monkey God" and, in Spanish, "la Ciudad Blanca."
According to 16th-century Spanish conquistadors and to legend, the settlement, dating back thousands of years, is meant to be filled with fabulous riches.
Explorers over the past century have claimed several times to have spotted the White City in the thick jungle inside the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve on Honduras' Caribbean coast. Archeologists in recent decades found what looked like ancient mounds.
Then in 2012 an American documentary team using mapping technology in a small plane discovered what appeared to be the overgrown remains of an ancient civilization. National Geographic magazine reported last October that some carved stone artefacts had been found at the site.
The new expedition by Honduras intends to confirm the find by digging down to discover what lies under the soil.
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Limestone, calcite, whatever was around, they used it. I’ve never seen it written, but I suspect it has been — the exteriors of the pyramids and other large structures were basically stuccoed and frescoed, and over the centuries of abandonment all of that fell away in the rainy seasons.
Hey, *all* cities are *white privilege city”. ;’) /s
LOL
It would, but probably not gonna happen. Even before the Conquest, the archives of rival cities were destroyed by the victors, who also then savagely tortured the ruler and his family to death over a period of hours or days.
Michael Wood, in his “Conquistadors” documentary (must be available, I got a copy for Xmas) shows an otherwise unknown codex, which survived and has been hidden by the local yokels — the alternative being, it’s post-Conquest in date, and may not be all that useful.
Shh, they think they just had a new idea. ;’)
It’s probably time to do another search for little lost topics about those very types of technology. Meanwhile:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lidar/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/remotesensing/index
“Obama’s a GOPe? Please.”
Where did I say that?
‘-)
...and thanks for this post — and many others...
Obama’s spent seven years as POTUS doing what you described.
Thanks for the kind remarks!
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