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The Lost City: Colombia’s ancient wonder

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The Lost City: Colombia’s ancient wonder

Lecturer: Eileen Goulding

Lecture Date: 21 July, 2026

 Lost for centuries until its rediscovery in the 1970’s, we will discover one of South America’s greatest archaeological treasures and the Tairona people who built it.

Eileen Goulding has an MA from the Department of Archaeology at the University of London, is a published author and an authority on the ancient cultures of the world. She specialises in the History and Culture of the ancient worlds of the Mediterranean, South America and Australasia and spends her time doing further research and giving lectures to the Arts Society, on cruise ships and to various local organisations. Her first book What Did the Poor Take with Them? is an academic treatise on Ancient Egyptian funerary goods, while her second book Understanding Ancient Egypt is a more accessible introduction to the subject.