#forgotten cities

[marlbaty]

[diarrheaworldstarhiphop]

The Banabel column, a roman ruin overlooking what was a roman road in rebel controlled Idlib, has been destroyed by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (al nusra, fateh al sham, al qaeda)

Unlike the Islamic State, the rebels thought there was gold hidden inside it, so they opted to detonate the landmark.

idlib province west of Aleppo is home to what the Arab locals called the Dead or Forgotten Cities, named such because at the end of antiquity, the area flourished and grew from olive oil production within the Roman empire. This all changed during the Islamic conquests, which cut the trade routes and connection to the empire that produced several hundred urbanized villages in the area. By the 8th century, the area was totally abandoned in favour of new population centres built by the umayyads

[contemporaryartsgallery]

Forgotten Cities and Lost Lands by George Grie

[ryanranney]

Inside the Hallowed Halls

When I think back to the thousand cities That now lay under the great oceans And the undiscovered temples Now covered in dirt and grasses It awakens honesty How many sacred places have we forgotten Left not forgotten by the spirit that sanctified them? So many so that there is scarcely a place one can stand Without it at one time, or another time later Being sacred And how is it that we do not…

Inside the Hallowed Halls

[spankedbyspike]

Largest Abandoned Cities Around the World

These cities are just creepy. For whatever reason, thousands of people just decided to move, and these cities fell off the map.

[thetumblau]

The empire the world forgot

Ruled by a dizzying array of kingdoms and empires over the centuries, the former regional power of Ani is now an eerie, abandoned city of ghosts.

[travelzoomeducation-blog]

Discover the forgotten cities of the world

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[tordotcom]

Five Books with Forgotten Cities

I can’t remember when I first became entranced with lost and forgotten cities. I think I stumbled on Gods, Graves and Scholars when I was a preteen. Then there were tales of Pompeii, hidden and pre...

Robin Hobb takes us into the forgotten cities discovered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and more!