An Ancient “Lost City” Teeming with Life 10 p.


Located in (itäisimmässä)1 p. corner of Honduras and the northern tip of Nicaragua, the dense tropical forest of La Mosquitia is – until recently – (yksi viimeisistä)1 p. scientifically explored places on Earth. In 2013, archaeologists using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) mapping technology unearthed the remains of an ancient, “lost city” buried (sen syvyyksissä) 1 p..

Ever since, researchers have been studying this dense jungle, looking (ei pelkästään) 1 p. for more of the ancient Mesoamerican city’s remains, (mutta myös) 1 p. scouring its untouched terrain in search of wildlife. What they recently found was greater than they had anticipated: a rich ecosystem teeming with hundreds of species of fauna and flora – (joista jotkut)1 p. had been (aiemmin) 1 p. believed to be extinct.

In 2017 a team of biologists spent two weeks in the jungle (luetteloida) 1 p. the many rare and endangered species that have found the watershed of the River Plátano, to be the perfect environment (kukoistaa)1 p. in.

The main explanation for such diversity is that the area remained practically untouched by humans (vuosisatojen ajan)1 p. after the ancestors of indigenous communities who now live in the region inexplicably left the ancient city that once stood there.