10 Lost Cities Of The World

[TarionzCousin]

Interesting article on ten real-world cities that have been "lost." These are some fascinating places for you to model game locations after. No, Atlantis is not on the list.

List below, but pictures and details can be found at the website. Click on the numbered names in the article for additional information about each city.


1. Petra, Jordan

2. Chichen Itza, Mexico

3. Derinkuyu Underground City, Turkey

4. Machu Picchu, Peru

5. Angkor, Cambodia

6. Pre-Roman Carthage, Tunisia

7. Pompeii, Italy

8. Memphis, Egypt

9. Teotihuacan, Mexico

10. Mosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh

 

[SSquirrel]

I read that article the other day too. Very cool stuff. I was familiar w/about half of them already

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

All famous ones. A not so famous one, add Tsaparang, western Tibet.

 

[Rhun]

No, Atlantis is not on the list.

Interestingly, there was also an article in March that they think they have found Atlantis:

(Reuters) - A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.

 

[David Howery]

Interestingly, there was also an article in March that they think they have found Atlantis:

(Reuters) - A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.

people say they've found Atlantis somewhere every year. And it's never the same place twice.

Chichen Itza! I've been there! Went there back in '07, when I was in Cancun for spring break...

 

[Ed_Laprade]

What, no Troy?

 

[Jon_Dahl]

Petra is definitely one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. Just to describe it with my meagre writing skills would be an insult to it's wonder.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

What, no Troy?

In the article, there is an expanded 15-city list, Troy is on that.

 

[Huw]

Couple of others not on the (expanded) list:

Iram of the Pillars
Old Sarum (near where I live. I really must visit. )

 

[Relique du Madde]

I went to chichan itza when I was in middle school. Nice place, what sucked was that I was sick during the stay (Damn Montezuma!). I tried to climb the Pyramid of the Magician, but then freaked out half way up when I turned around and noticed how steep the climb was.