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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

City of Z Found?

Google Earth helps find El Dorado
Since the time of the conquistadors, the legend of an ancient, lost civilisation deep in the Amazon forest has beguiled hundreds of explorers and led many to their deaths. Some called their dream El Dorado. Others, most notably Colonel Percy Fawcett, the gloriously moustached British explorer (and real-life model for Indiana Jones) named it the City of Z. But no one has ever returned from the Amazon with conclusive proof that such a place existed.

This article was very interesting. I read something about this last year while I was looking up stuff about underwater cities and ancient civilizations. May have watched a YouTube video on it, too - probably did. :-)

Another article which shows how little we really know about our earth and human history. We make assumptions about history based on our "faith and beliefs", which can slanted by our particular views on other issues. We make our assumptions based on what we currently see, touch, hear - often not taking into account that there is more that we do NOT know than do know. We make our assumptions on the wisdom of some man or woman who has studied a little bit here or there in the field and then spent many years sitting in an office somewhere going over the data. We make our assumptions on what we WANT history to be, not what history really was/is. Too few scientists have open minds, just preconcieved theories that they are trying to prove. Too few people are willing to let go of their "faith views" and are unwilling to accept the evidence as it is. (Evolutionists also have "faith", just as Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. do!)

I wonder - if the City of Z/El Dorado is true - then what about Big Foot? Atlantis? The Abominable Snowman? The Mothman? And a host of other legends and "that is impossible/never happened" things?

What will the next few years reveal? What will we find? There is a whole world here on earth yet to discover!

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