Atlas of lost cities : a travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations / Aude de Tocqueville ; illustrations, Karin Doering-Froger.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 142 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316352024; 0316352020Other title: Travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinationsUniform titles: Atlas des cités perdues. English Subject(s): Extinct cities -- History | Extinct cities -- History -- Pictorial works | Extinct cities | Extinct cities -- Pictorial works | Cities and towns, Ancient | Cities and towns, Ancient -- Pictorial works | Civilization, Ancient | Civilization, Ancient -- Pictorial works | Excavations (Archaeology) | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Pictorial works | Archaeology | Archaeology -- Pictorial works | Archaeology | Cities and towns, Ancient | Civilization, Ancient | Excavations (Archaeology) | Extinct cities | Cities and towns, Ancient | Excavations (Archaeology.) | Extinct cities | Archaeology | Civilization, AncientGenre/Form: History. | Pictorial works. | History. | Pictorial works.DDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: G140CC176 | .G76 2016Other classification: TRV010000 | SOC026030 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Africa. Antinoë, Egypt ; Carthage, Tunisia ; Djémila, Algeria ; Kolmannskuppe, Namibia ; Leptis Magna, Libya ; Nova Cidade de Kilamba, Angola -- America. Bannack, United States ; Calico, United States ; Centralia, United States ; Epecuén, Argentina ; Gagnon, Canada ; Humberstone, Chile ; Pulacayo, Bolivia ; Rhyolite, United States ; Teotihuacán, Mexico ; Tikal, Guatemala ; Vilcabamba, Peru -- Asia. Agdam, Azerbaijan ; Angkor, Cambodia ; Babylon, Iraq ; Bam, Iran ; Fatehpur Sikri, India ; Hattusa, Turkey ; Hiroshima, Japan ; Hashima, Japan ; Kadykchan, Russia ; Kantubek, Uzbekistan ; Kayaköy, Turkey ; Lothal, India ; Mandu, India ; Mari, Syria ; Ma'rib, Yemen ; Masada, Israel ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Sanzhi, Taiwan ; Shi Cheng, China -- Europe. Balestrino, Italy ; Colesbukta, Norway ; Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France ; Pompeii, Italy ; Prora, Germany ; Pripyat, Ukraine -- Seseña, Spain ; Varosha, Cyprus.
Like humans, cities are mortal - they are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. Aude de Tocqueville details the destinies of 44 once-vibrant urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns.
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