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title: "The Lost City of the Kalahari Desert: Fact or Fiction?"
description: "Explore the mystery of Guillermo Farini's 1885 discovery of ancient ruins in the Kalahari Desert, and why explorers are still searching for this elusive lost city over a century later."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/lost-city-kalahari-desert-fact-or-fiction.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/lost-city-kalahari-desert-fact-or-fiction
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/lost-city-kalahari-desert-fact-or-fiction.md.summary.md
---

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Explore the mystery of Guillermo Farini's 1885 discovery of ancient ruins in the Kalahari Desert, and why explorers are still searching for this elusive lost city over a century later.
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