LOST CITY IN SOUTH AFRICA DISCOVERED HIDING BENEATH THICK VEGETATION

[Judi Lynn]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020



What was once thought to be a scattering of ancient stone huts on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, has turned out to be the remnants of a thriving city, lost to history for 200 years?

Beneath the dense vegetation, there isn’t much to see with the naked eye. And after three decades of careful research, archaeologists in South Africa have barely scratched the surface of this long-lost settlement.

Now, however, thanks to the cutting-edge laser technology of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), this site has been revealed for what it truly was: a veritable metropolis made up of hundreds of households and trade networks.



The vast area where the lost city, known as Kweneng, once stood.

The research has brought this city, called Kweneng, back to life. Home to a Tswana-speaking ethnic group, Kweneng’s 800 homesteads are now thought to have housed no less than 10,000 people.

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More:
https://archaeology-world.com/lost-city-in-south-africa-discovered-hiding-beneath-thick-vegetation/

[UpInArms]

1. That is fascinating

Thank you ... I always learn so much from your posts

[Karadeniz]

2. Surely they've hypothesized as to what happened to these indigenous people... Tell us!

[intheflow]

3. This website is not peer-reviewed.

They have a disclaimer right at the top of the home page - click it to read:

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This story appears to be true (Yahoo news reported the discovery in January 2019), I learned about the unreliability of the site last month when someone posted a story about an African city that pre-dates the Common Era which had been debunked elsewhere. So not saying it's completely unreliable, but it's advisable to fact check anything you read on the site.