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Gold Ants
Michel Peissel, a French ethnologist, who has just returned here from a ... and sifted sand to get the marmots' gold. That place, Peissel said, is the Dansar plain, a high plateau overlooking the ... less bizarre," she said. She added that she was familiar with Peissel's research, saying: "I think he has made a substantial ...
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Gold Ants from CNN-Interactive
Herodotus' story was dismissed as fabrication. But Dr. Michel Peissel believes he has uncovered the source of the golden ants rumor about 14,600 feet ... s great treasure hunts. Escorted by Pakistani army guides into this dangerous and inhospitable region, Peissel's expedition found not ants, but marmots. The furry, burrowing animals are found in ...
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Travel Books and Travelogues - National Geographic Traveler Highlights the Best Travel Writing
Nepal The Great Himalayan Passage, by Michel Peissel (1975). Peissel ventures to the Himalayas of Nepal on a two-year expedition to be the first ...
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