10 Lost civilization town's most famous

1. Machu Picchu (Peru): the lost city of Incas
Machu Picchu (Old Mountain) is a site of pre-Columbian Inca ruins are located in the mountainous region at an altitude of about 2350 m. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco.

Machu Picchu (Peru): the lost city of Incas
This site was forgotten by the international community, but not by the local community. The site is re-discovered by archaeologist Hiram Bingham of Yale University who discovered it in 1911 III.

Angkor Wat (Cambodia): The world's largest religious temple
2. Angkor Wat (Cambodia): The world's largest religious temple
Angkor is a series of locations in the capital of the Khmer Empire long period from the 9th century until the 15th century AD. Puingnya located in forest and agricultural land in the north of the Great Lake Tonle Sap, near Siem Reap, Cambodia today, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples at Angkor Wat, now largely been restored, is part of the example of Khmer architecture.

Ancient Egypt
3. Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization in northeastern Africa. Civilization is centered along the mid to lower reaches of the Nile that the heyday around the 2nd century BC, the period known as the New Kingdom period. Area covers the northern Nile Delta region, up to Jebel Barkal at the Fourth Nile Cataract. At some particular time, the Egyptian civilization extending to the southern Levant, Eastern Desert, the coastal Red Sea, Sinai Peninsula, as well as the Western Desert (focused on the few oases).
Ancient Egyptian civilization evolved for approximately three and a half centuries.Starting with the initial unification groups that exist in the Nile Valley around 3150 BC, this civilization is traditionally considered to end at around 31 BC, during the early Roman Empire conquered and absorbed the territory of Egypt Ptolemy as part of the Roman province. While this is not the first foreign occupation of Egypt, the period of Roman rule caused a political and religious changes gradually in the Nile Valley, effectively marking the end of the development of an independent Egyptian civilization.

Petra (Jordan): Stones structures carved into rocks
4. Petra (Jordan): Stones structures carved into rocks
Petra is a city founded by chiseling stone walls in Jordan. Petra comes from the Greek word meaning 'stone'. Petra is a symbol and protection techniques.
This word refers to the city building made ​​of stones in Wadi Araba, a valley bercadas in Jordan. The city was founded by digging and carving rocks as high as 40 meters.
Petra was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom. Founded in 9 BC-40 AD by King Aretas IV as a city that is difficult to penetrate the enemy and secure from natural disasters such as sandstorms

Palmyra (Syria): the bride of desert
5. Palmyra (Syria): the bride of desert
Palmyra was once an important city in Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus. Formerly known by name of Tadmor (Arabic). The city was once located near the hot springs, Afga, and is an ideal haven for the group of nomads from Iraq - Al-Sham (skrng Syria, Lebanon, Holy Land, Jordan). Strategic location made ​​Palmyra who became famous and prosperous kingdom in his time the 2nd century BC.

Pompeii (Italy): buried by volcanoPompeii
6. Pompeii (Italy): buried by volcanoPompeii is an ancient Roman city that has been in ruins near the city of Naples and now in the Campania region, Italy. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD Dust eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii hoard with everything in it as deep as several feet causing this city lost for 1,600 years before it was rediscovered by accident. Since then digging again this city gives superb views in detail about the life of a city in the heyday of the Roman Empire. Today, the city of Pompeii is one of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Palenque (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities
7. Palenque (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities
Palenque is a Mayan city of historic relics located at the foot of the mountain who Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico. This historic town is not too big but it has a bangunan2 with beautiful architecture, patung2, ukir2an-made by the Mayans.

Vijayanagar (India)
8. Vijayanagar (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu Vijayanagar templeKerajaan is a kingdom of India, since 1336 and is located in the Deccan, South India. Vijayanagar kingdom was discovered by Harihara (Hakka) and his brother Bukka Raya. The kingdom is given a name according to the name of its capital, its name is now changed to Hampi in Karnataka, India. The kingdom was standing starts and ends pd yr 1336 yr 1660.

Ephesus (Turkey): one of the most Important cities of early Christianity
9. Ephesus (Turkey): one of the most Important cities of early Christianity
Ephesus (Efes Idioms Turkey), who the town stretches along 3 km in the southern town of Selcuk, Izmir province, Turkey. This city was once a trading center and the center of Christianity until now. The ruins of Ephesus is one of the favorite tourist attraction in Turkey.

Sanchi (India): the best group of Buddhist monuments Preserved
10. Sanchi (India): the best group of Buddhist monuments Preserved
Sanchi is a complex monument augural golden age of Buddhism in the kingdom of Ashoka. If today the same as the Sanchi stupa, temple, or place of residence of the monks. Sanchi monuments began dr 3 rd century BC to the 12th century. The most famous is Dr. Sanchi Stupa 1, which was built by the Mauryan king. This monument contains ukir2an who talked about the history of Buddhism. 

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