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Top 10 Long Lost Cities  
IN THE PAST 

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The top ten ancient cities lost for centuries:

1.	MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas
2.	ANGKOR (Cambodia): Contains the world's largest religious monument
3.	MEMPHIS (Egypt): ancient capital of Egypt
4.	PETRA: stone structures carved into rocks
5.	PALMYRA (Syria): the Bride of the Desert
6.	POMPEII (Italy): buried by the volcano
7.	PALENQUE (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities
8.	VIJAYANAGAR (India): capital of one of the largest Hindu empires
9.	EPHESUS (Turkey): one of the most important cities of early Christianity
10.	SANCHI (India): the best-preserved group of Buddhist monuments

Lister: Pratt
Source: Oddee.com

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Comments: Hello? Atlantis! Perfect island society that sank into the Aegean Sea...or so said Plato. Comment by: buccicone.2