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Vanished Empires: Cities Lost to the Ancient World

Which ancient Roman city was buried and preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?

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Machu Picchu, the famous lost city rediscovered in 1911, was built by which civilization?

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The ancient city of Petra, carved into rose-red rock cliffs, is located in which modern country?

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Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, was built by which ancient civilization?

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Which city, once the thriving capital of a medieval empire, was abandoned after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 and its population relocated?

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Which modern African country takes its name from a massive ancient stone city whose ruins still stand today?

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Heinrich Schliemann excavated which ancient city in the 1870s, previously believed to be a myth?

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Tikal, one of the greatest lost cities of the ancient world, was a major center of which civilization?

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The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro, abandoned around 1900 BC, was part of which early civilization?

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The ancient city of Teotihuacan, abandoned around AD 550, is located in which modern country?

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