last Cities buried ancient civilizations are always topics that fascinate us
because well first of all there's so many things about human history
that we don't know this is especially true for things
where places that we only really hear from literature or stories
that we haven't actually discovered yet
the other thing we love about lost cities are our stories of grandeur
you know the city of gold or a city filled with advanced technology
so today we're gonna talk about one of them in this particular lost city
is shrouded in mystery so much so that it was made into a movie
earlier this year I'm talking about the lost city of Z
and this story began in 1925 when legendary explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett
embarked on an ambitious and perilous mission into the maze-like jungles of Brazil
in search of a mysterious lost city
he referred to simply as Z
tragically this gargantuan endeavor ended with the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett
along with his son in a longtime friend
Fawcett's effort to search for the enigmatic city of Z
in his subsequent unexplained banishing has been dubbed
as the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century
more than 90 years later his story has continued to inspire and bewilder many
and like I said it was compelling enough to spawn in epic feature film
titled the lost city of Z which was released earlier this year
now the curiosity and interest on the probable existence of the lost city of Z
have noticeably grown recently after the film's release
aside from that many have over the years wondered and speculated
what sort of face Colonel Fawcett and the rest of his team
exactly met when they vanished without a trace
so first of all who is Colonel Fawcett? born on August 18 1867
Percy Harrison Fawcett was the son of an indian-born British aristocrat
who was a member of the Royal Geographical Society
by 1886 he became a commissioned officer of the Royal Artillery
and was assigned to service alone then a British colony which we now call Sri Lanka
it was there that he met his wife Nina Agnes Patterson
in their Union in 1901 resulted to the birth of two sons
while he was in Sri Lanka, Fawcett was fascinated with exploring archaeological ruins
this interest led to an opportunity of a lifetime
while he was offered by the Royal Geographical Society
the daunting task of mapping the uncharted areas in South America
accepting this offer was the beginning of a decorated
but dangerous career for Fawcett
from then on he dedicated his life to mapping unexplored jungles
which earned him the reputation of being among the most iconic archaeologists
and one of the last great cartographers from the 20th century
he was even awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical Society
which was a highly coveted recognition among explorers
needless to say Fawcett was a brave man
and more importantly he was a survivor with very limited resources to work with
he courageously embarked on journeys to uncharted territories
and these missions often really did not have a defined end date
he will be gone for months and even years
at a time in during these missions he rarely made contact with the outside world
but despite the odds he emerged from these deadly expeditions
with new maths of different regions in the Amazon
wilderness daddy used to be completely obscured to modern civilizations
and because of these expeditions to vast unexplored jungles
Fawcett began to entertain the possibility that lost civilizations
could still be discovered somewhere in the Amazon
it ultimately became an obsession of his to uncover one
and he referred to the lost civilization
he was searching for as the city of Z so what is the city of Z
and where exactly is it and why was Fawcett so confident
that he would be able to discover this hidden community within the Amazon rainforest
well the strongest reason is the fact that such an incredible feat had already been done before
namely wow Christopher Columbus
for one is credited for bringing the existence of the Americas in his native communities
to the attention of European colonizers
and even centuries following the discovery of the new world
many still believe that there is so much of it
left to be explored and understood
particularly the vast rainforests of the Amazon
there are even speculations that a magical kingdom of unimaginable wealth
was safely concealed in this region
just waiting for someone daring and smart enough to find it
and who may be lucky enough to live to tell about it
and for Fawcett his drive to discover his own new world was strengthened
by the rediscovery of Peru's lost Incan city of Machu Picchu in 1911
by 1912 he had already come up with a theory
that supports the existence of the so called the city of Z
according to him this undiscovered lay supposedly has trees and structures
made of silver and gold
far different from the communities and settlements
that existed beyond where a head
and in 1920 Fawcett would come across a document
he felt proved the rumors he heard as well as his own beliefs
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this document was the written work of a portuguese explorer from the 18th century
and was under the safekeeping of the national library of rio de janeiro
the author of the document claimed that
he discovered a walled city somewhere in the amazon Mato Grosso region
many things were peculiar about the city
but among the most notable are probably the author's description
that the multi-story buildings of the city were carved with letters
that resemble the Greek alphabet and his claim that the city's residents were white skinned Indians
while mainstream archaeologists shut down the likelihood
that a large city of that scale can be found within the jungles of the Amazon
Fawcett thought differently and so the 57 year old British explorer took it upon himself
to prove its existence and if you watch the movie
you'll know that this really didn't end well
Fawcett first attempted to find Z was in 1921
however before he could go far enough into the jungle
his team faced physical and emotional hardships that inevitably demoralized a team in derailed the expedition
the next time around a Fawcett decided it would be best
if he went searching for the fabled City all on his own
he disappeared for around 3 months but when he returned
he was still unable to provide undisputable proof
that the city of Z was real
around the time Fawcett's achievements as an explorer
were already well-known all over the world
with the media regularly chronicling his adventures
and in 1925 the public was made very much aware of his plans
to return to the wilderness of the Amazon to search for the mysterious and mystical city
he failed to find in his previous attempts
so for what would become his final expedition
Fawcett was accompanied by his son Shag who was 21 years old
I'm his friend and colleague into Brazilian companions
there was much hope for this mission
as it was supported by the public approved by the Royal Geographical Society
and funded by the prominent Rockefeller family
around the end of May 1925 Fawcett and his team
found themselves at the border of an unfamiliar and unexplored territory
but before they crossed the southeastern stream of the Amazon River de brasília
and travel companions were made to turn back
and those who remained chose to finish the rest of the journey on their own
the last known location of Fawcett and his team was in a place
called the dead horse camp
and for the next few months he sent back dispatches to advise them of their location in progress
however after the fifth month Fawcett stop sitting back Dispatches
in the beginning the loss of contact was really not a cosmic concern
as people were informed of the fact that the mission was planned to last for a year or more
at the time people really didn't think
that Fawcett who always seemed to survive against great odds in the mighty jungle
was not going to make it out alive this time around
but two years after the group's last message
the Royal Geographical Society declared Fawcett and his team as officially lost
many explorers attempted to retrace their path
but Fosse's own conscious choice to keep his planned route a secret
made it pretty much impossible for any expert adventurer to do so
of course part of the reason why he was so secretive was to lessen the likelihood
that someone else might discover the city of Z before he could
another is is believed that
rescue efforts would prove futile in the event of his disappearance
and would most likely lead to more unexplained disappearances and unwanted deaths
and this was really not misguided
because after several decades no one was able to find the remains of Fawcett and his team
it was even more tragic as the fact that around a hundred explorers
also vanish in their effort to follow Fox's trail
so up until now the lost city of Z is well still lost
and aside from extrapolation and conjecture no one really knows for certain
what faced Fawcett and his team and colleagues faced while inside the brutal wilderness of the Amazon
but this mystery may not be unsolved forever
because thanks to our exponential technological advancement
we have uncovered numerous archaeological sites and artifacts
and actually found lost cities inside jungles
that was previously unknown to us
so if fastest lost city of Z is truly out there
there's a chance we may actually find it one day
and I personally got to command this guy on his bravery
because I was in Peru and I was in the wilderness for like
you know ten minutes in that short amount of time I was eaten alive by mosquitoes
I never wanted to go back and that's just mosquitoes
there are far worse things in the jungle
so I'm kind of curious I mean I don't think personally if someone told me that
yeah I had a chance to find a city of gold
but I had to trek through the jungle for
I don't know six months yeah I don't think I'd do it
let me know if you would right guys
thank y'all so much for watching this video see you later
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