Finding the lost city
Does the Amazon jungle conceal a vanished empire?
Posted: September 27, 2009 at 5:09 a.m.
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett ventured into the Amazon, vowing to make one of the most important archeological discoveries in history. He was searching for an ancient civilization, which he had named, simply, the City of Z.
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