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Lost Inca city "El Dorado" discovered in Peruvian Amazon!
Northern Light ^
| Story Filed: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:02 PM EST
| By David Blanco Bonilla. http://www.efe.es
Posted on 07/28/2002 4:05:10 PM PDT by vannrox
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Exciting discovery.
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posted on
07/28/2002 4:05:11 PM PDT
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vannrox
To: vannrox
.He added that a final extensive expedition would be carried out in October and would include scientists specializing in the study of caves.
Maybe they could run the al Qaeda folks through those caves first.
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posted on
07/28/2002 4:08:29 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: vannrox
This IS exciting news... :0)
To: blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; *Gods, Graves, Glyphs
Bump.
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posted on
07/28/2002 4:17:22 PM PDT
by
vannrox
To: vannrox
Ride, boldly ride. Bump. parsy.
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posted on
07/28/2002 4:20:23 PM PDT
by
parsifal
To: vannrox
Scientist: Legendary City of El Dorado Exists
By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
Feb. 25 El Dorado, the fabled city of gold, did exist and was even evangelized by Jesuit missionaries, according to the findings of a Lima University archaeologist.
Called "Paititi" by the Incas and "El Dorado" by the Spaniards, the mythical city is thought to have been the last place of refuge for the Incas when they fled with their treasures ahead of the advancing Spanish conquerors in 1532.
Mario Polia, an Italian archaeologist who teaches at Lima's Pontifical Catholic University, discovered an ancient document that describes a city with walls covered in gold leaf.
"Paititi is not a myth, it really existed. It was discovered at the end of the 16th century by missionaries of the Society of Jesus, who converted the king and his court," Polia wrote in the latest issue of the archaeological review Archeo.
The "report of a miracle that took place in the Kingdom of Paititi for God's mercy" is part of a collection called "Peruana Historia" (Peruvian history), kept in the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus.
It tells of the extraordinary encounter of Father Andrea Lopez with the inhabitants of Paititi, "a very wealthy city adorned with gold, silver and precious stones."
According to the report, the order's Father General informed the Pope of the discovery, asking and obtaining permission to evangelize the area. Polia believes that the Vatican never revealed Paititi's location, fearing a gold rush and mass hysteria.
El Dorado has lured many explorer over the past five centuries: among them famed British army surveyor Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, who left in search of Paititi in 1925, and more recently, a 1972 Franco- American expedition led by Bob Nichols, and the 1997 exploration of Norwegian anthropologist Lars Hafksjold.
The latest explorer to set off in search of the legend is Jacek Palkiewicz, best known for discovering the real source of the Amazon river in 1996. Palkiewicz left last week for a reconnaissance trip into the inaccessible jungles of the Madre de Dios River basin. He will then begin a systematic search in June with the help of state-of-the art technology.
"I have been working on this project for two years. I even pinpointed a waterfall and a square lake which, according to legend, lead to Paititi. There are extremely good chances I will find El Dorado," Palkiewicz told Discovery News.
But Polia is skeptical. "This sounds like another groundless claim. I know for sure Paititi is not in the Madre de Dios area, namely where everybody has been looking," he said.
Brian S. Bauer, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and one of the leading authorities on the Inca, is also skeptical.
"All this only shows that the dream of finding a lost city of gold is as strong for us today as it was for the Spaniards in the 17th century, " he said.
Seems Palkiewicz's critics have a little egg on their faces.
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posted on
07/28/2002 4:30:37 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: blam
Bong!
To: snopercod; Squantos; joanie-f; ladyinred; TPartyType; Covenantor; brityank; vannrox
Russian specialists taking part in the expedition used terrestrial radar to confirm the existence of an underwater network of caverns and tunnels.
another and the last, tip
To: vannrox; Carry_Okie
Thanks for the ping. Anyone have a map of this area? (I looked but couldn't find one.)
Also, does anyone know the name of the lake?
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:06:59 PM PDT
by
blam
To: vannrox
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:11:51 PM PDT
by
blam
To: parsifal
Actually El Dorado has always been in Arkansas.
To: Diddle E. Squat
This just in:
Explorers have found a companion lost city, where the streets are paved with Astroturf:
El Camino.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Yes. And the streets are paved with tobacco drippings and hog doo-doo. parsy.
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:23:14 PM PDT
by
parsifal
To: vannrox
I won't believe it unless those two cartoon guys from the movie sing along with Rosie Perez.
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:37:00 PM PDT
by
LS
To: Diddle E. Squat
Actually El Dorado has always been in Arkansas. Absolutely.
And there's a pretty fair amount of black gold around El Dorado.
And a diamond mine somewhere there in Arkansaw.
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:54:00 PM PDT
by
Ole Okie
To: vannrox
And you can bet those caverns and caves of El Dorado make for interesting acoustics. Didn't Jeff Lynn and the Electric Light Orchestra record there circa 1974:
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posted on
07/28/2002 5:57:29 PM PDT
by
RFP
To: vannrox
!Oh Yeah Bump!!!
To: RFP
Are those Hillary's fingers???
To: Ole Okie
And a diamond mine somewhere there in Arkansaw.Hope, AR?
To: vannrox
If this is really the city sought for, a vast amount of gold and silver bullion will be found.
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07/28/2002 6:12:36 PM PDT
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crystalk
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