# The most famous lost cities in history

Pompeii buried by Vesuvius, Machu Picchu rediscovered in 1911, Petra carved into the rock, Troy stepping out of Homer's poems: the great cities that were abandoned and later found again. Which would you like to visit?

- 2 votes · 20 items
- Sep 14, 2025 · geek_bari
- https://even.best/en/l/3652/the-most-famous-lost-cities-in-history

## Top 20

1. **Mohenjo-daro (Pakistan)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — One of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, 4,500 years old.
2. **Hampi (India)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.
3. **Pompeii (Italy)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Buried by the ash of Vesuvius in AD 79.
4. **Machu Picchu (Peru)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Inca city rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911.
5. **Petra (Jordan)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Nabataean capital, carved into the rock.
6. **Ani (Turkey)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The ancient Armenian capital, destroyed by an earthquake in 1319.
7. **Troy (Turkey)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nine layers of city; Heinrich Schliemann proved it existed.
8. **Teotihuacan (Mexico)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The city of the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon.
9. **Chichén Itzá (Mexico)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The great Maya city, at its height around the year 1000.
10. **Great Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A stone city that flourished from the 11th to the 15th century.
11. **Angkor (Cambodia)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The capital of the Khmer Empire, swallowed by the jungle.
12. **Hattusa (Turkey)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The capital of the Hittite Empire.
13. **Persepolis (Iran)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Destroyed by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.
14. **Tikal (Guatemala)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Maya temples built between AD 250 and 900.
15. **Palenque (Mexico)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Maya city at its height around AD 500.
16. **Ephesus (Turkey)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Home of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders.
17. **Sukhothai (Thailand)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first Thai capital, in the 13th century.
18. **Heracleion (Egypt)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A sunken port found under the sea in 2000.
19. **Cahokia (United States)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico.
20. **Leptis Magna (Libya)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roman ruins that lay under the dunes for centuries.

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