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The Lost City of Z: The Explorer Who Vanished Hunting a City That May Never Have Existed

November 8, 2026November 7, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A black-and-white portrait photograph of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett in expedition dress, standing on a veranda

About 4 min readIn 1925, Colonel Percy Fawcett walked into the Amazon searching for a lost city he called Z — and was never seen again. A century later, his fate is still unknown.

Categories Vanishings & Strange Events Tags Amazon, disappearance, Lost City of Z, Mato Grosso, Percy Fawcett, Unsolved Leave a comment

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