New discovery about 'White City is full of gold' in Central America

Scientists were extremely surprised by the traces of the mysterious city missing for hundreds of years.

Scientists were extremely surprised by the traces of the mysterious city missing for hundreds of years.
According to National Geographic, a group of scientists recently discovered the ruined ruins of the yellow-filled White City (Ciudad Blanca, White City) in the Honduran jungle (Central America) that follows them. it is the remnants of the temples built thousands of years ago.

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Experts believe that this place once existed for shopping centers, pyramids . of a civilization that flourished for thousands of years, then disappeared without a trace. And more specifically, this city was built in gold; from columns, tiles in the house or outside the door are covered with a precious metal color.

Researcher Douglas Preston and his colleagues found 52 artifacts and believe that there are still many things deep in the ground. Among the artifacts found, the researchers found stone seats in rituals, vases, pots decorated with dexterity with decorative figures of snakes, vultures, beastmen.

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He said: "The object that is most prominent among the items found is the head of a character who is likely to be a jaguar." Experts still conduct research and dig deeper underground to find the mystery of the city.

Last month, researchers at the University of Houston and the National Center for Aerial Laser Mapping (US) used small planes to survey the Honduran jungle for a week.

They fired billions of laser pulses to the ground to create a topographic 3D digital map under the jungle canopy. Data analysis, experts discovered many points are said to be ancient artificial works.

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Scientists have fired laser beams to the ground to create a topographic 3D digital map under the jungle canopy.

With the discovery of these traces, scientists hope they will soon unravel the veil of mystery about this legendary ancient city.

According to legend, Ciudad Blanca is also known as the "City of the Monkey King" because local people believe that the old Monkey King had raped a woman so that they had children of half a monkey form.

Explorers first mentioned the White City in 1526 when Marquis Hernando Cortes commanded a Spanish expedition to visit the area and reported the situation to King Charles V.

Since then, countless adventurers have been searching for the ancient city full of gold, however, not everyone succeeds.

Update 17 December 2018
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