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10 Most Amazing Lost Cities

Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world.

MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas [Wiki]



ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the world's largest religious monument [Wiki]



MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt[Wiki]



PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks [Wiki]



PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert [Wiki]



POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano[Wiki]



PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities [Wiki]



VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires [Wiki]



EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity [Wiki]



SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments [Wiki]