--- title: Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Lost City in Honduran Rain Forest description: An ancient lost city from a mysterious culture in the Amazon rain forest has been discovered in Honduras. canonical: https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-03T04:03:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:51:27.458Z article:section: Science og:title: Lost City Found in Honduran Rainforest og:description: The "City of the Monkey God" was the seat of a mysterious civilization. og:url: https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lost City Found in Honduran Rainforest twitter:description: The "City of the Monkey God" was the seat of a mysterious civilization. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Fabled 'City of the Monkey God' Has Been Found in the Honduran Rain Forest by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 3, 2015 4:03 AM UTC by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 3, 2015 4:03 AM UTC An ancient lost city from a [mysterious](http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150302-honduras-lost-city-monkey-god-maya-ancient-archaeology/) culture has been discovered in the eastern Honduran rain forest. Legend speaks of a “White City” or “City of the Monkey God” so remote that no one has ever found it, reports _National Geographic_. That is until a team of American and Honduran archaeologists returned from deep within the Central American nation’s jungle last week. The scientists found evidence of settlements and remnants of an unknown civilization that thrived thousands of years ago. Stone sculptures, ceremonial seats, carved vessels decorated with snakes and other animals made up a cache of 52 artifacts that lay on the surface. Archaeologists believe much more lies below the ground. [Read more at _National Geographic_](http://news-beta.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150302-honduras-lost-city-monkey-god-maya-ancient-archaeology/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/"},"headline":"The Fabled 'City of the Monkey God' Has Been Found in the Honduran Rain Forest","datePublished":"2015-03-03T04:03:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:51:27.458Z","description":"Evidence of an ancient settlement was found in the most inaccessible forest in Central America","url":"https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/","keywords":["central america"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3729570/city-of-the-monkey-god-honduras-jungle-rainforest-archeologists/","name":"The Fabled 'City of the Monkey God' Has Been Found in the Honduran Rain Forest"}}]}] ```