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Archaeologists refuse to reveal where the Lost City of the Monkey God is. Looters and chainsaws are why. Full story: https://youtu.be/dImwQYSZOKw #LostCity #Archaeology

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00:00So why, after all this, will no one tell you where it is?
00:03The exact location is a secret.
00:06Deliberately, the Honduran government and the archaeologists agreed.
00:10Publish the coordinates and the looters arrive within weeks.
00:13They have before at other sites.
00:16They dig through tombs with shovels.
00:18They steal artifacts for the black market.
00:20They destroy in a night what took centuries to build.
00:24So the valley stays unnamed on maps.
00:26The expedition routes stay unpublished.
00:29Even the scientists speak in general terms.
00:32The Mosquisha, the mountains, nothing more precise.
00:36The secret is not mystery for its own sake.
00:39It is protected.

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