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Lost City Discovered In Honduran Rain Forest

Posted by Soulskill on from the hiding-spot-for-stranded-time-travellers dept.

jones_supa writes: An expedition to Honduras has emerged from the jungle with the discovery of a previously unknown culture's lost city. The team was led to the remote, uninhabited region by long-standing rumors that it was the site of a storied "White City," also referred to in legend as the "City of the Monkey God." 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 also discovered a remarkable cache of stone sculptures that had lain untouched since the city was abandoned. The objects were documented but left unexcavated. To protect the site from looters, its location is not being revealed.

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  1. "White City" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    White City

    Nonsense, its clearly black and blue.

  2. Please... by readin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sick and tired of these overly dramatic headlines Slashdot keeps throwing at us. The city was never "lost". It was misplaced.

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    I often don't like the choices people make, but I like the fact that people make choices. That's why I'm a conservative.
    1. Re:Please... by Bovius · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Honey, do you know where we put the city?"

      "Pretty sure it's with the keys!"

      "It's not with the keys!"

      "Did you leave it in the desk drawer?"

      "No, it's not there, either! You didn't leave it out in the Honduran jungle again, did you?"

      "Try calling it!"

      "I can't call it, it's an ancient abandoned city!"

      Followed by half an hour of heated argument.

  3. A rescue team by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    Why is everyone so laid back about these archaeologists?

    We need to urgently send a rescue team.