Lost City: The Rise and Fall Story and Amazing Adventures of Famous Ruined Cities

Author: (British) David Walker
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The legend of "Flood and Noah's Ark" in the Bible became one of the most fiercely debated ancient mysteries in the world at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and there are similar records in the cuneiform epic "Gilgamesh" brought back from the ancient city of Nineveh. Legend and history collide here. Sir Leonard Woolley, a British archaeologist, found undeniable geological evidence of the Great Flood while excavating at the ancient city site of Ur in the southern Mesopotamia. The main content of this book includes Pompeii: The Tragedy of a Bustling City, Babylon: The Lost Paradise, Troy: The Golden City Guided by Oracles, Tongwan: The Only Surviving City of the Xiongnu, Petra: The Rose Red of the Middle East, Knossos: The Early Glory of Europe, Loulan: The Beautiful Ghost of the Lop Nur, Gaochang: The Changing King's Banner on the City's Roof, Copan: The Pain of Maya's Skin, Machu Picchu: The Ancient City Vanishing in the Clouds, etc. The legend of "Flood and Noah's Ark" in the Bible became one of the most fiercely debated ancient mysteries in the world at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and there are similar records in the cuneiform epic "Gilgamesh" brought back from the ancient city of Nineveh. Legend and history collide here. Sir Leonard Woolley, a British archaeologist, found undeniable geological evidence of the Great Flood while excavating at the ancient city site of Ur in the southern Mesopotamia. The main content of this book includes Pompeii: The Tragedy of a Bustling City, Babylon: The Lost Paradise, Troy: The Golden City Guided by Oracles, Tongwan: The Only Surviving City of the Xiongnu, Petra: The Rose Red of the Middle East, Knossos: The Early Glory of Europe, Loulan: The Beautiful Ghost of the Lop Nur, Gaochang: The Changing King's Banner on the City's Roof, Copan: The Pain of Maya's Skin, Machu Picchu: The Ancient City Vanishing in the Clouds, etc.