They found an inscription on one of the pyramids, turns out the greatest of their kings was named "Optimus Primate".
Posted on 07/06/2025 9:44:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
La Ciudad Blanca is a legendary city that was said to be located in the virgin rainforest of Mosquitia in eastern Honduras. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reported hearing "trustworthy" information about the ancient ruins, but never located them. In 1927, pilot Charles Lindbergh reported seeing monuments constructed from white stone while flying over eastern Honduras.
By the 1930s, there were rumors of a place in Honduras called the "City of the Monkey God", which was equated with Ciudad Blanca, and in 1939 adventurer Theodore Morde claimed to have found it and brought thousands of artifacts back to the United States to prove it... He never revealed the precise location of his find as he feared the site would be looted, and he died before returning to the site for a proper excavation...
American author Douglas Preston and a group of explorers... consisted of American and Honduran explorers and archeologists, launched their adventure, combing the rainforests of Honduras and Nicaragua in search of the lost city. During the process, they had to deal with poisonous snakes and crawl through thick foliage to find it, but shortly discovering the ruins in 2015, they contracted an extremely dangerous, life-threatening disease: leishmaniasis...
Within the city's ruins, the group of the adventurous and brave explorers found a lot of artifacts – dating back to 1000 and 1500 AD – carved from stone and clay, including trays and a throne. Preston appears to be quite confident that there are more secrets hiding within the White City's ruins, but after almost losing his face and life, he's not in a hurry to go back and continue the excavation, "It's just too dangerous," he said after his doctors informed him that if untreated, parts of his face would "fall off," becoming an open sore...
(Excerpt) Read more at ancient-origins.net ...
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They found an inscription on one of the pyramids, turns out the greatest of their kings was named "Optimus Primate".
Sounds like a great place for a resort. /jk
I streamed that one the other evening. It's easily the best of the four (or five?), although I still like that opening gambit section of "Temple of Doom".
Let’s hear for the monkey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE01x2oWrGM
“Sounds like a great place for a resort. /jk”
Lol, Except the concept of sleep is almost nonexistent...
It really is a nasty environment that challenges your personal resolve... :)
Other than the infections and insects, I’m a little jealous. :^)
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Tell the Left it it Trump free so they should go there on a One Way ticket.
Saw all the movies. The only thing I didn’t like about “Temple of Doom” was Cate Capshaw’s character. All she did was scream through the whole movie. Very irritating. I believe that’s when Capshaw first met Steven Spielberg, and later married him. Both had been married before.
My BIL is a doctor and he's from Honduras. All the trips I made with my sister and their family, the BIL always brought antibiotics with him. I always started to get stomach discomfort there and would immediately start the pills. It worked like magic.
There's nothing mysterious about Montezuma's Revenge, it's caused by a common bacteria that the natives are immune to and we are not.
Its been a long time, but this is a bit like reading a Tom Swift novel!
Ben...Bizzare! I see a kangaroo playing a drum in that mural! And a Watusi dancing Monkey!
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Yup, I got my first case of Campy in Honduras and suffered when I returned to the states.
The second time I got it was in Bolivia. I knew what I had and jumped on it asap.
Funny, in my line of work, my grad students routinely get it from their interactions with rumen cannulated calves. I would bet 5 students over the last 6 years.
I only have a HS education so I don't know what the heck you are talking about.....
Interesting! Thanks for posting story and the links.
Happy 7/7/25
One of the scariest books I have ever read. The first parts are great: exploring, finding, learning. Then they go home and the disease sets in. And there is no cure!!!
Almost as bad as the Hot Zone!
My profession is a beef cattle nutritionist. We use cattle with windows that can be opened into the rumen (a fermentation vat which can uniquely digest fibrous materials like hay) to collect rumen fluid which contains bacteria.
I apologize for coming across too technical. Bottom line line, our work involves making cattle more healthy and efficient. Our end goal is to make the best eating beef in the world.
Thanks!
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