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LOST CITIES & RUINS

Abandonment · Rediscovery · Excavation
Enter places buried, abandoned, overgrown or transformed, and follow the evidence through rediscovery and excavation.
THE MET · OPEN ACCESS
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
ORIGINAL COLLECTION RECORDS
DESERT RUINS
Cities and structures surviving in arid landscapes.
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596648217).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596648217).jpg
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Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596513328).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596513328).jpg
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Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596520499).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596520499).jpg
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Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596515429).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596515429).jpg
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Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14783182065).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14783182065).jpg
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Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596534288).jpg
Ruins of desert Cathay - personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China (1912) (14596534288).jpg
No restrictions
JUNGLE CITIES
Ancient urban landscapes reclaimed by vegetation.
Jungle Ruins (3325672691).jpg
Jungle Ruins (3325672691).jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0
Steps in the jungle, Calakmul.jpg
Steps in the jungle, Calakmul.jpg
CC BY 2.0
Through the trees - Calakmul 2006.jpg
Through the trees - Calakmul 2006.jpg
CC BY 2.0
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 01.jpg
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 01.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 03.jpg
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 03.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 02.jpg
Palenque Outlying Ruins 1986 02.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
BURIED CITIES
Settlements uncovered beneath ash, soil and later occupation.
Hackert, Blick auf die Ruinen von Pompeji, 1799.jpg
Hackert, Blick auf die Ruinen von Pompeji, 1799.jpg
Public domain
History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present (14765917355).jpg
History of Sonoma County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present (14765917355).jpg
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Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) - The Excavations at Pompeii - 608992 - National Trust.jpg
Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) - The Excavations at Pompeii - 608992 - National Trust.jpg
Public domain
FRAGMENTS & FINDS
Objects that survived when their original surroundings did not.
Collection material is being prepared for this section.