I wonder when/if there will be excavations?
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. :’)
“I didn’t know that the Mosquito Coast actually extends a little bit into Honduras”
The Miskitia (Mosquito Coast)is to a large extent in Honduras. It is a huge area of flat sparsely inhabited swampland controlled mostly by snakes, various animals and drug traffickers. The name “Mosquito Coast” is a corruption of the name of a local tribe of indigenous people called Miskitos. It actually has nothing to do with flying bugs, though it has its share.
According to local Honduran news media here in Tegucigalpa, there are definite plans to excavate the Ciudad Blanca, but these efforts are hampered by lack of money, literally thousands of other archaeological sites lie waiting for the same reason. At present the site is being guarded against pilferage and looting by the Honduran army and the Policia Militar.