Finding the Ancient Honduran Civilization That Mysteriously Vanished

Finding the Ancient Honduran Civilization That Mysteriously Vanished

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 898 , Segment 2

Buried Secrets

Episode: Buried Secrets

  • Mar 4, 2021 7:00 pm
  • 17:31 mins

One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our generation was made a few years ago when a research team went to the jungles of Honduras and discovered an ancient civilization whose ruins have been left completely untouched for centuries. Very little is known about their people, and the area is so disease-infested that it's difficult to study this site. Guest: Douglas Preston, journalist, "National Geographic," and author of "The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story"