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Discovery Of Ancient 'Lost City' In Honduras Triggers Controversy — huffingtonpost.com

A so-called “lost city” said to be home to a long-vanished civilization was reportedly found by a team of explorers in the rainforest of La Mosquitia, Honduras, during a recent expedition. The finding, which was first reported in National Geographic and picked up by other media outlets including The Huffington Post, has since generated a lot of buzz -- and criticism. Earlier this month, more than two dozen archaeologists and anthropologists published an open letter, condemning the explorers, who were accompanied by a film crew, for making “exaggerated claims of ‘discovery.'” Experts have also criticized National Geographic for sensationalizing the finding and employing a “colonialist discourse” in their report.

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