Lost Civilizations
Peoples and cities that vanished through time · 52
Carthage
Archaeological site in Tunisia
Machu Picchu
15th-century Inca citadel in Peru
Petra
Ancient rock-cut historical city in Jordan
Sumer
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 3300 to 1900 BC
Minoan civilization
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
Babylon
Ancient Mesopotamian city in Iraq
Etruscan civilization
Pre-Roman civilization of Etruria (9th–1st century BC)
Teotihuacan
Ancient Mesoamerican city
Angkor
Capital city of the Khmer Empire
Göbekli Tepe
Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey
Easter Island
Island in the southeastern Pacific
Patrick Dempsey
American actor and racecar driver (born 1966)
Tikal
Ruins of major ancient Maya city
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Alisa Marić
Serbian chess player (born 1970)
Gustave Whitehead
19/20th-century German-American aviator
Erick Torres (footballer, born 1993)
Mexican footballer
Maiara Walsh
US actress and singer (born 1988)
Anna Marguerite McCann
American art historian and archaeologist (1933–2017)
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador and explorer (1485–1547)
José Tomás de Sousa Martins
Portuguese physician (1843–1897)
Geta (emperor)
Roman emperor from 209 to 211
Nojpetén
Capital city of the Mayan kingdom of Petén Itzá; now Flores, Guatemala
Tenochtitlan
Former city-state in the Valley of Mexico
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
Babylonia
Ancient Amorite-Akkadian state in Mesopotamia
Miguel Rômulo
Brazilian actor (born 1992)
Royal Academy of History
Spanish institution that studies history
Siege of Cusco
1536–37 attempt by the Incan Empire to retake Cuzco from Spanish conquistadores
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
English banker and politician (1834–1913)
Belchior (singer)
Brazilian composer and singer (1946-2017)
Artur da Távola
Brazilian politician, journalist, and writer
Pope Benedict XII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1334 to 1342
Malden Island
Island in the central Pacific Ocean
Maia Sandu
President of Moldova since 2020
Jamestown, Virginia
Town and fort established in the Virginia Colony
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
American law placing a tax on cannabis
Pope Sixtus IV
Head of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484
George Hincapie
American cyclist (born 1973)
Moctezuma II
Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador (1475–1538)
Mattie Stepanek
American writer (1990–2004)
The Shard
Skyscraper in London, England
Cahokia
Cahokia is a name that carries two worlds within it. In the American state of Illinois, in St. Clair County, there is today a village that bears this name, with a population record
Cultura nasca
On the arid southern coast of Peru, where the desert meets the ocean and rivers carve narrow valleys before vanishing into the dry land, one of the most fascinating and enigmatic c
Tiauanaco
On the shores of Lake Titicaca, at over 3,800 meters above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, one of the most enigmatic civilizations of the American continent arose. Tiwanaku, also
Çatalhüyük
Çatalhöyük is one of those places in the world capable of completely rewriting how humanity understands itself. This vast Neolithic settlement, located in southern Anatolia in pres
Nínive
Raised on the eastern banks of the Tigris River, in the heart of ancient Assyria, Nineveh was one of the most extraordinary cities the ancient world ever knew. Its name has spanned
Império de Axum
**TITLE:** The Aksumite Empire
Reino de Cuxe
**TITLE:** The Kingdom of Kush