#lostcities

Daily Moments

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1 month ago

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Hidden village Graun, once home to 163 homes, was submerged in 1950 to build a dam and lake. A remaining 14th-century church steeple now rises above the water.

#LostCities #AlpineLandscapes #ItalianHistory

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G Tassi

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1 month ago

Ancient Remains Still Standing #Pompeii #Italy #Naples #Europe #Cityscapes #ArchaeologicalSite #Volcanos #BlueSkies #Peace #Art #Architecture #LostCities #RomanHistory #Landscapes #LandscapePhotography #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay

@jane-bee.bsky.social

2 months ago

12 Weird Nights - Night 8 – The City That Sank (Modern Unsolved Mystery) The City That Sank: Lost Cities Beneath the Waves Cities aren’t permanent. Some fall in minutes. Others sink slowly, almost unnoticed.In this episode of LilWeird we take a journey through submerged cities and forgotten urban ruins, from dramatic collapses to slow, geological descent. We walk through ancient myths, underwater archaeology, and the modern world’s own sinking metropolises. Along the way, we explore how water has shaped human history and why the land beneath our feet might not be as stable as it seems. We look at places swallowed by sea, swallowed by choice, or dragged under by time and uncover the surprising connections between them. 🌊 From Port Royal to Baiae 📍 From myth-laden ruins to cities sinking today ⚠️ A reflection on land loss, water, history, and warning signsWhether you love strange history, mythic landscapes, or curious mysteries hidden in plain sight, this episode is for you. What you’ll hear in this episode: - Sudden Collapse: How earthquakes and ground liquefaction swallowed a city whole - Myth vs Reality: Stories of underwater cities and the science behind them - Intentional Submergence: When human decisions flood a city forever - Slow Sinking: Ancient resort towns sinking over centuries - Modern Sinks: Why some major cities today are quietly going under Featured places discussed: Port Royal, Dwarka, Yonaguni, Shi Cheng, Baiae, Jakarta, Mexico City, Venice, and Manila.Themes to ponder: - How water reshapes cities through sudden or slow forces - Where myth and archaeology overlap (and where they don’t) - What sunken cities can teach us about our future If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight, I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird. Recommended Books: UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY & SUNKEN WORLDS - https://amzn.to/45L14zl - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781561649921 - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780425193723 - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780375760983 🌍 CLIMATE, SEA LEVELS & MODERN SINKING CITIES - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780316260206 FICTION WITH SUNKEN CITY THEMES - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780871403629 - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780316262316 - https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780575118706 Credits: Music Used: https://pixabay.com/%20https://cdn.pixabay.com/download/audio/2023/03/04/audio_93d3cbb6c6.mp3?filename=intro-melancolica-141509.mp3 https://pixabay.com/%20https://cdn.pixabay.com/download/audio/2024/08/13/audio_cc7e9a45a5.mp3?filename=velvet-sky-lofi-ambient-231924.mp3 A gentle note: This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content. 🌙 Affiliate Disclaimer: Some of the links provided may be affiliate links through http://bookshop.org and http://amazon.com . If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the LilWeird Podcast and keeps the stories coming. Thank you for your support!

📣 New Podcast! "12 Weird Nights - Night 8 – The City That Sank (Modern Unsolved Mystery)" on @Spreaker #ancientcivilizations #archaeologypodcast #baiaeitaly #drownedcities #dwarkaunderwater #historypodcast #lioncitychina #lostcities #modernmysteries #mysterypodcast #portroyaljamaica #shicheng

Michael

@sautter.bsky.social

2 months ago

6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.

They're always in the last place you look!

6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found.
Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.

#science #archaeology #LostCities #LostCity

Paul B

@pbgameshistory.bsky.social

2 months ago

Out comes the tenth of the #12GamesOfChristmas together with score sheets for some previous games. #LostCities

michael

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2 months ago

lost cities in literature I have read several historic novels set in Oxford recently (see list at the bottom), enjoying the discoveries to be made even in a familiar environment (having lived here for more than 30 years now). This set me thinking about my lost cities series (about towns and cities where my direct ancestors lived before 1972) - it would be doubly interesting to read fiction set in these places both from the perspective of knowing (most of) the cities and to gain insights into the kind of places they were when (or before) my ancestors lived there. It's all about getting a sense of place, so I expect that some of the books I find will be good at conveying that and others won't. I also appreciate some real historic people among the fictional characters. Off the cuff I can think of only one historic novel I've read that is set in a city from my series, and that's the very impressive Riemenschneider by Tilman Röhrig (about the late Gothic / early Renaissance sculptor who lived in Würzburg and the rather gory Peasants War). In an effort to find more novels, I'll paste in my list of cities here and try to fill it with lots of book titles too (and make them **bold** once I've read them). Books are all in German so far but I will consider other languages as well. Cities listed in chronological order, sorted by the year in which the city was lost to my direct ancestors (where a second end year is given, it indicates the continued presence of other relatives): * Idstein 1714-1804 - Die Hexe von Nassau: by Nicole Steyer * Breslau 1830 - 1877 Schuhbrücke: Ein Breslau-Roman by Wolf Kampmann * Strasbourg 1901 - 1908 - Die Patisserie am Münsterplatz a trilogy by Charlotte Jacobi; Wie der Weihnachtsbaum in die Welt kam by Astrid Fritz (Author), Andrea Offermann (Illustrator) * Bruchsal 1889 - 1909/2023 * Tangermünde 1888 - 1916 - Grete Minde, a famous novella by Theodor Fontane * Krefeld 1764 - 1924/current - Der Seidenweber, Thorsten Weiler * Gütersloh 1825 - 1928/1950s * Bad Münster 1919 - 1930/1952; * Bonn 1929 - 1934 * Rheydt 1923 - 1935 * Münster 1928-1929, 1934-1936 - Die Stadt der Auserwählten Michael Römling * Lorsch 1890 - 1938/1973 * Aachen 1936 - 1940 * Königsberg 1935 - 1945 - Die Buchhändlerin von Königsberg by Christian Hardinghaus * Bad Kreuznach 1945 - 1951 * Minden 1903 - 1952/ca.1970 * Elberfeld / Wuppertal 1919 - 1961 - Und morgen eine neue Welt: Der große Friedrich-Engels-Roman Tilman Röhrig * Freiburg 1928-1930, 1957-1961 - Der Totentanz zu Freiburg: Historischer Kriminalroman by Astrid Fritz (Author) - 7th of a whole series of crime novels set in medieval Freiburg * Idar-Oberstein 1940 - 1962 * Würzburg 1961 - 1968 - **Riemenschneider** , Tilman Röhrig * Bad Nauheim 1945 - 1972/1983 * Hamborn inlaws: 1922 - 1979/2015 Cities organised geographically, many are in Northrhine Westphalia (NRW), some further south, a few further east: NRW: Aachen Bonn Elberfeld / Wuppertal Gütersloh Hamborn Krefeld Minden Münster Rheydt Southwest: Bad Münster Bad Kreuznach Bad Nauheim Bruchsal Freiburg Idar-Oberstein Idstein Lorsch Strasbourg Würzburg East Breslau Königsberg Tangermünde Tilman Röhrig's big novel on the other Tilman, Riemenschneider, which vividly brings Renaissance Würzburg to life. The author was born in the next village up the hill from where my great-great-aunt, my grandparents and my father lived their retirement years, but I understand that his father, a vicar, was banished there for disobedience in Nazi times, so this doesn't make him a relative. Historic novels set in Oxford * Folly Bridge, by D. L. Murray (now reading, watch this space) * The looking-glass house, by Vanessa Tait * The dictionary of lost words, by Pip Williams * The bookbinder of Jericho, by Pip Williams Not counting fantasy versions of the city as in Philip Pullman's books or in R.F.Kuang's Babel.

inspired by some #Oxford novels I read recently, I'm trying to turn the #lostcities of my #familyhistory into a #readinglist of #historicalNovels:
proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/12/lost-cities-in-l...

Studies of Biblical Interest

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3 months ago

Archaeologists rediscover a 2,500-year-old Egyptian ghost city The lost city of Imet rises from the Nile Delta, with 2,500-year-old mud houses that stood like skyscrapers in ancient Egypt.

Archaeologists have rediscovered the 2,500 year old Egyptian city of Imet in the eastern Nile Delta, revealing rare multistory mudbrick tower houses and dense urban life once hidden beneath farmland.

#Archaeology #AncientEgypt #NileDelta #LostCities #Egyptology #UrbanHistory

frigid reads

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3 months ago

Ancient Maps Reveal Two Impossible Islands: Antillia & Santanazes YouTube video by frigidreads

Two Impossible Islands: Antillia & Santanazes

Two islands hunted by Europeans, one a Christian Utopia, the other the demonic lair of a giant hand that drowned all it found.

#Antilla #Santanazes #mythicalislands #lostlands #myths #folklore #phantomislands #lostcities

youtu.be/8M940wyFq_w?...

News

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3 months ago

New Analysis Could Map Ancient History Like Never Before YouTube video by Artifacts

#archaeology #ancientcivilizations #history #historicalanalysis #archaeologicaldiscoveries #ancientmaps #lostcities #scientificdiscoveries #historicalresearch youtu.be/4DHWH92u7ys

Live Science

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3 months ago

Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of a drowned medieval city that was once a Silk Road hotspot.

Archaeologists have discovered a drowned medieval city beneath the waters of a salt lake in northeast Kyrgyzstan.

#archaeology #lostcities #newdiscoveries

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

frigid reads

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4 months ago

Vineta: The Lost City Beneath the Northern Sea YouTube video by frigidreads

Vineta: The Lost City Beneath the Northern Sea

A lost city in the Baltic, did it sink due to the sins of it's people or was it just a natural disaster?

youtu.be/dYfqwBx-Mxg?...

#Vineta #lostlands #lostcities #Balticmyth #Germanfolklore #mythology #legend #folklore

Adam R. Hemmings

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4 months ago

Did two Missouri State archaeologists find a lost city in the Amazon? - News - Missouri State University Dr. Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are setting out to prove it.

These finds now seem a dime a dozen - but still amazingly fascinating!

news.missouristate.edu/2025/09/09/d...

#Amazon #LostCities #Archaeology

Real Lore & Order

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4 months ago

RobinReach

Archaeologists crack 2025’s biggest mysteries and reveal lost cities, languages, and lives in vivid detail 🌍 Join the expedition and dive into discoveries that reshape our map and our story 🧭🏺
https://youtu.be/YKAgqZho5T4
#Archaeology #LostCities #Discovery #History

Gsnsp

@gsnsp.com

6 months ago

The Lost City of Z: A Jungle Secret or a Madman's Dream? Explorer Percy Fawcett vanished searching for a lost city in the Amazon. But what if "Z" wasn't a place of stone, but something far stranger? dive into mystery.

The Lost City of Z: Was Percy Fawcett Chasing Ruins or a Sentient Jungle? #mysteries #LostCivilizations #LostCities #lostplaces #percyfawcett #people #strange #archaeologylovers www.gsnsp.com/lost-city-of...

Paige

@quietinchaos.bsky.social

7 months ago

A large-ish snake curled on a mound of vegetation and staring straight ahead.

Lost Cities cards layed out (and featuring a high scoring green column) on painted concrete.

I decided to play a few games of Lost Cities on a concrete pad next to the stream where my children were playing. It felt appropriate that a large Northern water snake kept his eye on us throughout the game… #reinerknizia #lostcities #boardgames

Rowan Ravenwolf

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7 months ago

Learn the mystery of Atlantis and Lemuria with Rowan Ravenwolf. Workshop in 2026
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#rowanravenwolf #spiritjourney #witchcraft #triplegoddessapothecaryandreiki #atlantismythology #lemurialegends #ancientcivilations #lostcities #legendsofatlantis

Mike Savad

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7 months ago

City - Amsterdam NY - Call 666 for Taxi 1941 by Mike Savad City - Amsterdam NY - Call 666 for Taxi 1941 by Mike Savad

Call 666 for taxi 1941
#savad #taxi #amsterdam #ny #newyork #lostcities #rainyday

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The Times of Central Asia

@timesca.com

9 months ago

Ruins of a Burned Medieval City Unearthed in Southern Kazakhstan - The Times Of Central Asia Archaeologists in Kazakhstan may have uncovered the ruins of a long-lost medieval city previously known only from historical texts. The discovery was

Kazakhstan’s ancient secrets revealed – from lost medieval cities to gold-laden tombs and Buddhist temples timesca.com/ruins-of-a-b... #KazakhstanHistory #AncientKazakhstan #MedievalCities #BuddhistTemples #LostCities #ArchaeologyLovers

michael

@proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

9 months ago

#Gütersloh celebrates its 200th anniversary as a town this year - but in the stunningly preserved area around the old church you can catch a glimpse at the Westphalian village it was before 1825.
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelgrr/545516... #cities #lostcities […]

Reporting History

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10 months ago

A reminder during #LostCities month, that sometimes things aren't what they appear, as this story of a lost Aztec city shows!

"“For several minutes I strained my eyes but could see nothing. Then suddenly .. I caught the outlines of a large square.

www.reporting-history.com/2025/05/06/b...

Reporting History

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10 months ago

May is #LostCities #Archaeology 🗃️ month! Now we go to Central Asia (1951) where the expedition from the AMNH uncovers a lost city in the Seistan region.

"The long-forgotten town stands in a valley ..swept by mountain winds rising to .. 110 miles an hour."

www.reporting-history.com/2025/05/03/l...

Reporting History

@reporting-history.com

10 months ago

May is #LostCities month at RH! All month I'll post tales of exploration and discovery.

First we go to Mexico (1958) with "Buried Ruins of Mayan City Uncovered by U. S. Team" reporting on the excavation at Dzibilchaltun.

www.reporting-history.com/2025/05/01/b...