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Lost Cities

Preston on the expedition to the Lost City in Honduras.

The Archaeology Journalist Whose Adventures Are Stranger Than Fiction

From venom that can bubble human skin to a sealed Egyptian tomb, Douglas Preston's got an Indiana Jones thing going on.

Danielle Hallock February 13, 2024

Skull and linen wrapping of a mummified baboon recovered from Gabbanat el-Qurud, Egypt and connected genetically to coastal Eritrea.

Mummified Baboons in Egypt Point to a Long Lost Land

New discoveries of ancient DNA could help scientists find the land of Punt.

Sunny Fitzgerald November 21, 2023

Team members have found the bones of more than 50 animals sacrificed in a courtyard at Casas del Turuñuelo.

ancient technology

The Ancient People Who Burned Their Culture to the Ground

At a site in Spain, archaeologists piece together the last days of Tartessos, an advanced society that vanished 2,500 years ago.

Blair Mastbaum September 23, 2021

A fort of recent origins by the ruins.

Ubar

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.

Pirámide de los Nichos

Papantla, Mexico

Pirámide de los Nichos (Pyramid of the Niches)

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

Santa Marta, Colombia

Ciudad Perdida

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Site of the grave, looking southeast towards Route 4.

Brookside, Delaware

Grave of Thomas Ogle

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands

Plompe Toren

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Graves surfaced from Old Bluffton.

Old Bluffton Underwater Ghost Town

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

Divers explore Heracleion

Alexandria, Egypt

The Lost City of Heracleion

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Aerial view of Bimini Road

North Bimini Island, Bahamas

Bimini Road

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

Found: The Secrets of Lost, Underwater Egyptian Cities

You can soon view surviving artifacts.

Lauren Young May 6, 2016

Lose Yourself in this Atlas of the World's Lost Cities

Cities that continue to stand long past their glory days are particularly poignant.

Urvija Banerji April 4, 2016

Mohenjo-Daro

Moenjodaro, Pakistan

Mohenjo-Daro

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Mycenae

Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco

Kasbah Aït Benhaddou

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families