The Search for Shambala, a Secret City Hidden Inside the Hollow Earth

Reliving the incredible adventures of Nicholas and Helena Roerich ...

Many people have heard of Agartha, the supposed kingdom hidden within our own (hollow) Earth. As we will see shortly, the belief in such things is not the sole preserve of fringe theorists, and there have been times when even governments have taken such notions seriously.

Nothing really surprising about that, in all honesty. Throughout history, there have been expeditions funded by different governments to find mythological places. For example, ther was Percy Fawcett and his trips to find the Lost City of Z in the jungles of South America. And Juan Ponce de Leon’s quest to find the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, Florida. British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was obsessed with discovering El Dorado, the lost city of gold. British Egyptologist John Gardner Wilkinson undertook a search for Zerzura, the mythical city/oasis allegedly located in the Sahara Desert. In each instance, these esteemed explorers enjoyed some degree of government support.

While all these locations come from myths and legends, the search for these places was very real. One of the most intriguing expeditions to finding a mythological place was the search for the fabulous spiritual and physical kingdom of Shambhala, which Russian ex-pats Nicholas and Helena Roerich were convinced could be found within the Hollow earth.

Why did several countries closely track the Roerich expedition, and why did the party go missing for a year in 1927? These are just some of the questions we can answer by taking a closer look at this incredible story of mystery and adventure.