Amazon explorers have uncovered signs of a real EL DORADO, Spanish for "the gold one". satellite technology detected giant mounds over 155 miles,pointing to sophisticated pre- columbian culture, new satellite imagery and fly-overs have revealed more than 200 huge geometric earthworks carved in the upper Amazon basin near Brazil's border with Bolivia. some of the ditches and enclosures were built as early as 200 AD, others 1283!! see the full story on line. its amazing what satellite technology can reveal.:gnthb: just imagine all the people who have tried and failed ,through the century,s to discover EL DORADO. they battled through the elements, unfriendly tribes, diseases, madness ,etc etc in the end it was quoted as myths and legends that no such place ever existed!!!:skp: when you think about it, all these explorers fighting tribes, wild animals, elements, cutting ways through the jungle with their machete's, could not find EL DORADO, and a wee man sitting in front of a computer screen finds it.!!!!! imagine one night you cannot sleep,get up ,go on line,log on to" GOOGLE EARTH" scan around the world and find "THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS" wake up the wife and shout i,ve found the "LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS"!!!! what would she do SEND FOR THE BIG WHITE VAN WITH THE STRAIGHT JACKETS :hehe::hehe::hehe: music
hi doghouse, when i first heard of the story on television ,ELDORADO FOUND!! i said to the wife "big deal, my grannie found that 50 years ago in a bottle of wine"!!!!!!:wink:
