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100 Word Book Review: The Lost City of the Monkey God- a true story by Douglas Preston

I have watched the Lost City of the Monkey God documentary, but I wanted to read the book. This is an account of an expedition to find a “lost” city in Honduras. Some of the controversy around the “discovery” is about exactly how lost the city was. (Slightly more lost than many, from what the evidence suggests.) If you are interested in archeological discovery, especially in the jungle, I highly recommend this book. It goes into more detail about the people involved, the controversy surrounding the expedition, and the aftermath – including health issues for people involved, than the documentary does.