Honduras: Troops dispatched to protect “lost city” from looters

Posted on March 23, 2015 • Filed under: Archaeology, Honduras, Police/Military Activity

telegraph.co.uk reported the Honduran president has dispatched troops to protect a “lost city” rediscovered deep in the jungle amid fears that looters could pillage ancient artefacts from the abandoned home of an unknown civilisation. There were deep divisions among the expedition team that found the site in the Mosquitia rainforest about whether to remove ancient relics for safekeeping because of the risk of looting, or leave them intact, it has emerged. Read Article

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