The Journey Continues - Finding Lost Civilizations, Part 2.

To my utter surprise I saw the handle of a small
sword. I scraped away the dirt and Mother
Earth opened her treasures to me. I had found
an old military sword! Was it one of the items
buried with a French Foreign Legionnaire? Did
he die fighting with his last breath, sword in
hand, for a glory that means nothing today?
Who was he, what was his name? I resolved to
return to that spot and give homage to these
lost souls buried on this lonely hill and
forgotten in time.
Later, as we walked off the hill we met another
fellow along the trail; this man mentioned that
the grave markers were actually German. This I
found interesting because when Maximilian
was defeated, his Imperial Army also had
several legions of Austrian and Belgian
volunteers.
As we walked back to Manuel’s house he
pointed out a rise in the distance toward the
ocean and said there was a pyramid on the top
of that hill, which he called San Ignacio. As I
gazed at the hill the crest did appear to be
pyramid-shaped and we both agreed that we
would explore it someday.
Manuel later invited me into his backyard,
where he pointed out many artifacts that were
laid out on a concrete platform. Everything had
been found in the hills and pasture we had just
explored. There was an ancient stone head to a
battle-ax, a stone ax, various corn-grinding
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