Lost cities / Neil Morris.

By:

Morris, Neil, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Amazing historyPublication details: London : Franklin Watts, 2007.Description: 32 pages; color illustrations, maps; 30 cmISBN:

9780749675387
0749675381

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DDC classification:

930 22
909.09732 22

Contents:

What is a lost city? -- Ur - the forgotten city -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Knossos -- Troy -- Pompeii -- Angkor -- Teotihuacan -- Great Zimbabwe -- El Dorado -- Tikal -- Machu Picchu -- Finding lost cities

Summary: All through history, mighty cities have been abandoned and forgotten. Lost Cities takes us on a fascinating journey to discover them. Learn about Troy and Babylon, important cities of the Ancient World that were lost for thousands of years. See how Pompeii was destroyed and smothered when the volcano Vesuvius erupted. Discover how cities in Africa, South America and Asia were lost until intrepid explorers uncovered them. And see how the search goes on, on land and under the sea, today.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	909.09732 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00480784

Includes index.

What is a lost city? -- Ur - the forgotten city -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Knossos -- Troy -- Pompeii -- Angkor -- Teotihuacan -- Great Zimbabwe -- El Dorado -- Tikal -- Machu Picchu -- Finding lost cities

All through history, mighty cities have been abandoned and forgotten. Lost Cities takes us on a fascinating journey to discover them. Learn about Troy and Babylon, important cities of the Ancient World that were lost for thousands of years. See how Pompeii was destroyed and smothered when the volcano Vesuvius erupted. Discover how cities in Africa, South America and Asia were lost until intrepid explorers uncovered them. And see how the search goes on, on land and under the sea, today.

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