ANCIENT LOST CITIES - THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE

There are still mysteries in this world to explore.

 

Hidden in the depths of the sea, buried under hillsides, swallowed up by the jungle, or consumed by the wrath of the heavens – lost cities have fascinated, ever since Plato told the story of Atlantis.

 

But as many have discovered, finding a lost city can be the easy part — what happens next is when things get interesting.

 

Photos and information about the seven mysterious lost cities of Troy (Turkey), Knossos (Crete), Petra (Jordan), Gedi (Kenya), Tani (Egypt), Angkor (Cambodia), Alexandria on the Caucasus (Afghanistan).

 

Text with pictures compiled by Edmund Richardson, Atlas Obscura:
 

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/essential-guide-lost-cities

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