10 lost civilization

1. Machu Picchu (Peru): the lost city of Incas
Machu Picchu (Old Mountain) is a location of pre-Columbian Inca ruins are located in mountainous regions at an altitude of about 2350 m. Machu Picchu is above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco.

Machu Picchu (Peru): the lost city of Incas

This site had forgotten by the international world, but not by the local community. This site re-discovered by archaeologists from Yale University Hiram Bingham III was discovered in 1911.

Angkor Wat (Cambodia): The World's Largest religious temple

2. Angkor Wat (Cambodia): The World's Largest religious temple
Angkor is a series of locations in the capital of the Khmer kingdom long period from the 9th century to 15th century AD. Puingnya located in the forest and farming land in the north of the Great Lake Tonle Sap, near Siem Reap, Cambodia today, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples at Angkor Wat, now most have been restored, is part of the example of Khmer architecture.

Ancient Egypt

Third. Ancient Egypt is an ancient civilization in northeastern Africa. Civilization is concentrated along the middle to downstream reaches of the Nile which heyday at about the 2nd century BC, during the so-called New Kingdom periods. Region covers an area of the Nile Delta in the north, to the Jebel Barkal at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile. At some particular time, Egyptian civilization extended to the southern Levant, the Eastern Desert, Red Sea coastline, the Sinai Peninsula and the Western Desert (focused on the several oases).
Ancient Egyptian civilization developed for approximately three and a half centuries. Starting with the initial unification of the existing groups in the Nile Valley around 3150 BC, this civilization has traditionally been considered to expire in about 31 BC, during the early Roman Empire conquered and absorbed Ptolemi Egyptian territory as part of the Roman province. While this is not the first foreign occupation of Egypt, the period of Roman rule caused a political and religious changes gradually in the Nile Valley, which effectively marked the end of the development of an independent Egyptian civilization.

Petra (Jordan): structures carved into rocks stones

4. Petra (Jordan): structures carved into rocks stones
Petra is the city that was founded by chiseling the stone walls in Jordan. Petra comes from the Greek meaning 'stone'. Petra is the symbol and protection techniques.
This word refers to the city building made of stones in the Wadi Araba, a valley bercadas in Jordan. The city was founded by digging and carving the rocks as high as 40 meters.
Nabatean Petra was the capital of the kingdom. Founded in 9 BC to 40 AD by King Aretas IV as the city that are difficult to penetrate the enemy and secure from natural disasters such as sandstorms

Palmyra (Syria): bride of the desert

5. Palmyra (Syria): the bride of the desert
Palmyra was once an important city in Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus. Formerly known by name of Tadmor (Arabic). The city was first located near the hot springs, Afga, and is an ideal haven for the group of travelers from Iraq - Al-Sham (skrng Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, Jordan). Strategic location made Palmyra who became famous and prosperous kingdom in the second century BC era.

Pompeii (Italy): Buried by volcanoPompeii

6. Pompeii (Italy): Buried by volcanoPompeii is a city of ancient Rome that has been in ruins near the city of Naples and now in the Campania region, Italy. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD Vesuvius eruption of dust accumulating the city of Pompeii with everything in it as deep as several feet in this city lost cause during the 1600 years before re-discovered by accident. Since then retrace this city provides an exceptional view of detail about the life of a city at the top of the triumph of the Roman Empire. Today, the city of Pompeii is one of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Palenque (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities

7. Palenque (Mexico): one of Mayan's most exquisite cities
Palenque is a Mayan heritage town is located in the foothills of Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico. This historic town is not too big but inside it has bangunan2 with beautiful architecture, patung2, ukir2an-made by the Mayas.

Vijayanagar (India)

8. Vijayanagar (India): capital of one of the Largest Hindu Vijayanagar templeKerajaan is an empire of India, since 1336 and is located in the Deccan, South India. Kingdom of Vijayanagar founded by Harihara (Hakka) and his brother Bukka Raya. The kingdom was given a name according to the name of its capital, the present name was changed to Hampi in Karnataka, India. The kingdom was established starting in 1336 and ended World War thn thn 1660.

Ephesus (Turkey): one of the most Important cities of early Christianity

9. Ephesus (Turkey): one of the most Important cities of early Christianity
Ephesus (Efes Unread Turkey), megalopolis stretches along 3 kilometers in the southern town of Selcuk, Izmir province, Turkey. This city was once a trading center and the center of Christianity until now. The ruins of Ephesus is one of the favorite attractions in Turkey.

Sanchi (India): "the best preserved group of Buddhist Monuments

10. Sanchi (India): "the best preserved group of Buddhist Monuments
Sanchi is a complex monument precursory golden Buddha in the era of the kingdom of Ashoka. If the same today Sanchi stupa, temple, or place of residence of the monks. Sanchi monuments three starts dr century BC until the 12th century. The most famous is the Sanchi Stupa 1, dr, new-built by the Mauryan king. This monument contains ukir2an teller about the history of the Buddhist religion.