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Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:05 pm**

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... -Peru.html

A lost city discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a legendary tribe.

Little is known about the Cloud People of Peru, an ancient, white-skinned civilisation wiped out by disease and war in the 16th century.

But now archaeologists have uncovered a fortified citadel in a remote mountainous area of Peru known for its isolated natural beauty.
An ancient Chachapoyas village located close to the area where the lost city was found

An ancient Chachapoyas village located close to the area where the lost city was found

It is thought this settlement may finally help historians unlock the secrets of the 'white warriors of the clouds'.

The tribe had white skin and blonde hair - features which intrigue historians, as there is no known European ancestry in the region, where most inhabitants are darker skinned.

WTH is Gunny? He was always into this stuff!

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:05 am**

This Daily Mail must be some sort of Briddish tabloid-at least it reads like one.
"an ancient, white-skinned civilisation ", "The tribe had white skin and blonde hair ", doesn't square with "Chachapoyas chronicler Pedro Cieza de Leon wrote of the tribe: They are the whitest and most handsome of all the people that I have seen".

Fair means something different to people in countries where everyone, and I mean everyone has brown skin and black hair.

Modern day Peru now has a few natural blondes and redheads but there's no proof on any kind that the Chachapoyas were any thing but indigenous stock.

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:36 am**

It really doesn’t matter if they were white, yellow, or brown.
Although that is an interesting side note.

The real news is that this is more evidence that the Amazon basin was well inhabited from the mouth the head waters.
Is not now a “pristine, original, wilderness” that needs to be protected from being developed by man.
It was very developed prior the European arrival.
The current rain forest “wilderness” is only hundreds of years old, not thousands.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:04 am**

MIN--JUST RETURNED FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND. STONEHENGE IS MUCH LIKE THE ALAMO---YOU EXPECT MUCH LARGER- DRAMATIC --EDIFICIES THAN WHAT YOU GET. THESE "CLOUD PEOPLE"??????THEY HAVE MUMMIES?----WHY NOT DNA---ARE THEY AFRAID OF WHAT WOULD APPEAR? LIKE MY POST OF THE WHITE TRIBE SPEAKING WELCH THE LEWIS & CLARK AFTER TREK TRAPPERS FOUND. WE THINK THIS CONTINENT WAS FULL OF TRAVELERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WAY BACK WHEN> SMALLPOX---SMALLPOX---THE ATOMIC BOMB OF THAT ERA.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:12 am**

Love ENGLAND/SCOTLAND/WALES---Even the remote small villages knew TEXAS !!!---- a lot of John Wayne gets around. ---The whole country, outside the cities, should be preserved as a park. THE MATES ARE KOOL !!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:13 am**

Love ENGLAND/SCOTLAND/WALES---Even the remote small villages knew TEXAS !!!---- a lot of John Wayne gets around. ---The whole country, outside the cities, should be preserved as a park. THE MATES ARE KOOL !!!

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The Cloud People of Peru

The Cloud People of Peru