An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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Honduras

6 places in the atlas, 2 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Ancient cities4
Buried cities2
Pyramids2
Temple complexes2
Ancient villages1
Contested sites1
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Plaza complexes1
Preclassics1
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Copán Department1
Copán Department, Copán River1
Cortés Department, San Pedro Sula1
Gracias a Dios, Mosquitia, Honduran Moskitia1
Gracias a Dios, Mosquitia, Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Block T3 east valley1

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Mosquitia,Gracias a Dios, Honduran jungle interior

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🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city

Ciudad Blanca – White City of the Mosquitia (Kuhikugu Variant)

Claimed Postclassic 1000 CE (real earthwork 500–1000) · Moskito pre-Columbian / Morde myth

Honduras Mosquitia lidar 2015 reveals mound lattice but not white marble metropolis