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The basis of this true tale is finding a potential architectural site based on advanced technology. Gathering a scientifically solid team. Exploring the site.
What was found was a large organized city, built by an unknown culture (probably not Mayan). Buildings and central spaces. The space was built 500 years ago. After being abandoned it is believed that no one has entered the site. Now, that’s an archeologist’s dream!
Exploring in the dense jungles of Honduras has a host of difficulties: the v ...more
What was found was a large organized city, built by an unknown culture (probably not Mayan). Buildings and central spaces. The space was built 500 years ago. After being abandoned it is believed that no one has entered the site. Now, that’s an archeologist’s dream!
Exploring in the dense jungles of Honduras has a host of difficulties: the v ...more
Prompt: Features Latin American History
I am a huge fan of the Gents as we call them and will pretty much read anything they've written either together or alone. Since this one also fit in with the 52 book challenge, I considered it a huge win.
I would love to thank Douglas Preston for my itchiness and paranoid fear of Leishmaniasis now. That's a new one for me, but I itched for days.
To the critic who said this didn't cover history, yes, it is written in mostly journal format. It does get into a b ...more
I am a huge fan of the Gents as we call them and will pretty much read anything they've written either together or alone. Since this one also fit in with the 52 book challenge, I considered it a huge win.
I would love to thank Douglas Preston for my itchiness and paranoid fear of Leishmaniasis now. That's a new one for me, but I itched for days.
To the critic who said this didn't cover history, yes, it is written in mostly journal format. It does get into a b ...more
This is a really interesting and compelling read. It's pretty tragic how little we know about the people and cultures of the early Americas. You think your life and civilization will last forever while you're in it -- it's pretty crazy to think how easily almost everything can be lost to time. I also thought the ending chapters about disease were pretty alarmingly prescient, given the events of the last couple years.
My only caveat is I felt Preston took a pretty simplistic view of most of the s ...more
My only caveat is I felt Preston took a pretty simplistic view of most of the s ...more
Nov 02, 2017
Ashley
marked it as to-buy
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