(Nevermind, you got your link working)

Good find =). I wonder how many more of these we will discover!

Building homes into the side of cliffs is so freaking cool for the ancient civs to do. Their own versions of skyscrapers.

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Yes, I am anxious to see it, too! The link isn't working yet. These are fascinating finds!

Naive I know, but it still amazes me that we continue to find these fantastic pockets of the past.

We'll probably see many more found as Archaeologists are getting better at finding buildings/structures that were made of wood and mud, both of which leave no above surface indication - but leave a clear indication in the ground. ...and are in temperate zones or jungle which tend to mask their existence.

We'll probably find more such mini-civilizations in the ME, China, Iran and elsewhere too.

What I really find interesting about this story is that they were described as "white skinned and blond haired", a description which seems to corroborate some of the anomalous things found at some of these sites.

I do believe there were legends of light skinned people and there have been artworks found depicting bearded white looking people in South America which had always puzzled archaeologists.

Apparently the Cloud People had survived until the 1500s when the Spanish appeared with their diseases, but where did they come from?? Curiouser and curiouser....

Atlantian refugees anyone?

Hi all,

Thanks for all the links...going to check them in just a min.

I ran across the cloud people about a yr. ago and was amazed.

Weren't there mummies found of these people that were Caucasian with red hair? Mabey the answer is in one of the links...Im off to read.

Peace to all,
LV

Great find

Links work.

I'll be all over this one now I hope they find some mummies so maybe they can get some DNA and start tracing wouldnt it be great if they came up with either 0 connection from known lineage or a very familiar one from Europe either way awesome find

they do look a lot like the anazazi ruins too. I think this find is really awesome.

Curious the white blond haired bearded thing. all the civilizations after ward worshiped light skinned bearded men. WHo are these light skinned bearded men. where'd they come from? Are they from the old land (asia/europe/africa) or where they a group of natives that were just very different genetically from their other native neighbors.
Are these bearded people parts of "the lost tribe" talked about in the bible and other sources.

Whats weird is that having spoken to hopi people before I have been told point blank that they were and according to them all of the local races in america from lake titicaca and not from asia. I know it's obvious to see a lot of asian phenotypes in native americans. So whats with this story.

Is it possible that there was this cloud people race that had been there before the other native races. perhaps from the near east. a lot group of sailors or people perhaps. then from asia at the same time traveling from the north down the native americans we know were en route. eventually the two met up. the cloud people race was more advanced at the time and they greatly influenced these other natives. these natives over time with their reverence and association with these cloud people felt adopted or part of their heritage and forgot their own trek for the most part from asia over.