Finding the Lost Cities: The Golden Age of ArchaeologyExplores twelve archeological "lost cities," with accounts of site discovery and investigation of the meaning of recovered objects. |
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Africa American Anasazi Anatolia ancient Angkor Arabia archaeologists artifacts Assyria became began begin believed Bogazköy Boyd British building built buried called capital carved Central century century B.C. Chaco Canyon civilization continued Copán covered Crete culture cuneiform discovered discovery early East Egypt empire European Evans excavating explorers gold Greece Greek Hittite houses important Inca interest Khmer king Knossos known land language later lived look lost city Machu Picchu Mauch Maya Mesopotamia miles Minoan mountain Mycenaean named once palace Persian Petra pottery probably pueblos region remains researchers returned River Roman rooms royal ruins Schliemann scholars settlement Spanish statues Stephens stone story structures Sumerian tablets temples thousands tombs trade travelers treasure tree Troy Turkey Ubar visited walls women written wrote Zimbabwe