| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
142 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Extinct cities -- History.
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Extinct cities -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Extinct cities.
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Extinct cities -- Pictorial works.
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Cities and towns, Ancient.
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Pictorial works.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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Civilization, Ancient -- Pictorial works.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Pictorial works.
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Archaeology.
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Archaeology -- Pictorial works.
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Archaeology. (OCoLC)fst00812938
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Cities and towns, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00861870
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Civilization, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00862946
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Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
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Extinct cities. (OCoLC)fst00918959
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Pictorial works.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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| Added Author |
Doering-Froger, Karin, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Atlas des cités perdues. English
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Travel guide to abandoned and forsaken destinations |
| ISBN |
9780316352024 (hardback) |
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0316352020 (hardback) |
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