7. Tikal, Guatemala
Tikal was once the capital of the Mayan empire and a major city in the New World. The site is estimated from ~ 200-900 Masehi.Berkat preservation of heritage very well, today much can be known about the grandeur of Tikal at its peak, and the powerful kings who ruled there.
While this site is sometimes - like other New World ruins - listed as mysterious Legacy Site, research shows that the location of the land on this site can not support a large number of people live there.
magnificent site was neglected occurred over several years and the city abandoned until the dense forest Covering The City however, that some of the locals know of its existence over the years to rumors of a lost city in the area took place.
The first organized expedition to discover the city this virtual nation in 1848. What they found was one of the largest surviving New World archeology. There is a pyramid with a height of up to 70m, royal palaces, monumental inscriptions, and a playground for the Mayan ball game.
6. Timgad, Algeria
Timgad, or Latin language Colonia Marciana Traiana Ulpia Thamugadi, is typical of the lost city of adventure stories. After the beauty of the city was founded in the desert on the orders of the Emperor Trajan, the city has survived the upheaval of the empire and grew into a major trading town. Having plundered and robbed in the 5th century, the city was reborn as a center of Christian life. A robbery and a second massive looting occurred in the 7th century by the vandalism caused the abandonment of the city once again.
When the Sahara Sand covered the site indirectly also preserve heritage city until it was rediscovered in 1881. Now the ruins of the city provide a brilliant insight to the cities of the Roman province of Africa. The roads follow the fields were perfect, as you would expect from a city that was built for the modern society. Today in the site you can see the arch of Trajan, the baths and the temple of Jupiter. most of the temples of the gods in Rome, shows the importance of the city. A forum graffiti reads "To hunt, bathe, play games and laugh. This is the life!"
6. Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu - is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 meters (7970 feet) above sea level. It is located on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an area for Pachacuti Inca emperor (1438-1472). Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.
The Incas started building the plantation around 1400 but it was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction and, because it is not found and plundered by the Spanish after they conquered the Incas, it is important as a cultural site.
5. Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan
Mohenjo-daro was one site of the remains of the largest settlements of the Indus Valley Culture, located in the province of Sind, Pakistan. The first urban settlements in the world, along with the civilization of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Ancient Greece. This historic ruins included by UNESCO in the World Heritage Site. Meaning of Mohenjo-daro is a "hill of the dead". Often, the old city is called "the Ancient Indus Valley Metropolis".
Mohenjo-daro was built around 2600 BC, but vacated around 1500 BC.
Mohenjo-daro is located on a Pleistocene ridge in the middle of the River Indus floodplain.The ridge is now buried by the flooding plain, but very important in the Indus Valley Civilization. The ridge will allow the city of Mohenjo-daro stands above the surrounding plains. The site is located in the middle of the gap between the Indus River valley to the west and the Ghaggar-Hakra on the east.
Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300-1700 BC, f. 2600-1900 BC) was an ancient river civilizations berkembah in Indus river valley in ancient India (now in Pakistan and Northwestern India). Civilization is also known as the "Harappan Civilization." Some archaeologists found Indus civilization reaches five million inhabitants at its peak.
Today, more than a thousand cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the Indus River valley in Pakistan and western India laut.Mohenjo-daro has a remarkable building, as it has a planned layout based on a grid of streets arranged in a pattern which was perfect. At their peak, the city was occupied by about 35,000 people. The buildings in the city is so advanced, with structures consisting of bricks made of mud and wood evenly bronzed sun size.
Mohenjo-daro is a city that is adequately protected. Although there was no wall, but there is the tower on the west main settlement and stronghold in the south. Mohenjo-daro was destroyed and rebuilt at least seven times. Each time, a new town was built to hold above the old town. Flooding of the Indus River is thought to be the cause of the damage.
4. Petra, Jordan
Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, located in the lowlands between the mountains in the east of Wadi Araba, the great valley originated from the Dead Sea to the Gulf Aqaba.Salah one of the seven wonders of the world is Petra.
Petra is a city founded by chiseling stone walls in Jordan. Petra comes from the Greek word meaning 'rock'. Petra is a symbol and protection techniques.
says it refers to city building made of stones in Wadi Araba, a bercadas valley in Jordan.The city was founded by digging and carving the rocks as high as 40 meters.
Petra was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom. Established nine years before Christ until the year 40 AD by King Aretas IV as a city that is difficult to penetrate the enemy and secure from natural disasters such as sandstorms.
Petra Nabatean tribe build irrigation systems are incredibly complex. There are water tunnels and water chambers that deliver clean water to the city, thus preventing sudden flooding. They also have hydraulic technology to lift air.Terdapat also a theater that can accommodate 4,000 people. Today, the Palace Tombs Hellenistis height of 42 meters with an impressive standing there.
Actually, the origin is not known with certainty Nabatean tribes. They are known as the nomadic tribes who travel to various corners of the herd of camels and sheep.
Residents initial Petra are idolaters. Their main deity is Dushara (Dzu as-Shara/Dusares}, who is worshiped in the form of black stone and irregular shape. Dushara worshiped side by side with Allat, the goddess of the ancient Arabs.
They are very adept at making underground water tanks to collect water that can be used when they are traveling. So, no matter where they are, they can make excavation for water lines to meet their needs for clean water.
Initially Petra built for defensive purposes. But lately, the city is filled with tens of thousands of trade that developed into the city because it is located in the distribution of goods between Europe and the Middle East.
In the year 106 AD, the Romans annexed Petra, thus weakening the role of the trade lane.Around the year 700 AD, hydraulic systems and some of the main buildings crumble into ruins. Petra is slowly disappearing from the map of the earth at the time and living legend.
In the 14th century CE, a mosque was built here by the white dome visible from many areas around Petra. Aaron arrived in the Jordanian now when accompanied Moses brought his people out of Egypt, from the pursuit of King Pharaoh. Currently 10 years old, the Prophet Muhammad to the mountain with his uncle.
After the Crusades in the 12th century, Petra had become 'lost city' for over 500 years (lost city). Only the local population (the Bedouins) in the Arab region who knew him.
3. Troy, Turkey
Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War as told in the stories set primarily in Greek Heroism in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems: Homer, an ancient Greek artist.
Currently the name is an archaeological site, the traditional location of Troy city called Turkish Truva, in Hisarlık in Anatolia region, close to the beach Çanakkale province in northwest Turkey, southwest of the Dardanelles at the foot of Mount Ida.
The new town was established there at the ilium under the rule of the Roman Emperor Augustus. The city expanded to the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually Byzantium.Situs status in the era of the Trojan archeology included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.
Trojan War, according to legend, was the storming of the city Troyaoleh Akhaia army (Mycenaean Greek), which occurs after Paris abducted Helen from her husband Menelaos, king of Sparta. This war is one of the important events in Greek mythology and is told in many works of Greek literature.
At the Trojan War, the Greek soldiers hiding inside a giant Trojan horse intended as a dedication to Poseidon. The Trojan Horse of Troy by officials thought to be harmless, and was allowed into the fort of Troy can not be penetrated by Greek soldiers for more than 10 years of the Trojan war turmoil. In the evening, the Greeks came out of the wooden horse stomach and finally capture the city of Troy.
1. Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pompeii is an ancient Roman city in the Campania region, Italy. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD Dust eruption of Vesuvius burying the town of Pompeii with everything in it causing the city lost for 1,600 years before it was rediscovered. Town stands in a location that is formed from lava flows to the north in the downstream river Sarnus.
In the first century AD, Pompeii is just one of the many cities located around the foot of Mount Vesuvius. The area is quite large number of residents who became prosperous because of fertile agricultural region. Several groups around the small town of Herculaneum Pompeii as also suffered damage or destruction by the eruption of Vesuvius tragedy.
established around the 6th century BC by people Osci or Oscan, communities in central Italy. At that time, the city was used as a port by Greek and Phoenician sailors. In the year 62 AD, a great earthquake damage Pompeii along with many other towns in Campania. In the period between the year 62 AD by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the city was rebuilt, probably more magnificent in the field of building and artwork than ever.
In early August of 79, springs and wells dry up. Minor earthquake vibrations is taking place in August 20, 79, and is becoming increasingly common in the next four days, but the warnings were not realized people, and on the afternoon of August 24, a deadly volcanic eruption occurs. The blast damage region, burying Pompeii and other residential areas.Incidentally Vulcanalia date coincides with the celebration of the Roman god of fire.
