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A collection of City:Skylines maps based around ancient cities from history, including, Carthage, Babylon, Cahokia, Tenochtitlan etc. etc. Based on a mixture of ancient maps, archaeological excavations and modern satellite height map images.

m4gic has a great Ancient Cities assets collection for you to use when building the ancient part of your city... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2295904727

Before finding m4gic's, I'd also made my own collection of assets ...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885412849


This collection grew too big and became a pain to find what I was looking for, so have split it up into these smaller collections based on location. Click these to go there...

The Americas:
A collection of maps based on ancient cities from across the American continents, including cities of the Aztecs, Iroquois, Vikings, Incas, Mayans etc.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885326502

Africa:
A collection of cities from African history, from the ancient empires of Egypt, Nubia, Carthage, Rome, Zimbabwe, etc.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885319504

Britain and Ireland:
Maps based on ancient lost cities across Britain and Ireland, cities of the ancient Britons, Romans, Celts etc. Includes Star Carr, Skara Brae, Camelot, Vindolanda...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885338732

Mainland Europe:
From Spain to Ukraine. Long abandoned cities of the Celts, Romans, Greeks, Scythians, Gauls etc. Includes Knossos, Pompei, Sparta...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885346561

Asia Minor:
Long gone cities of the Hittites, Greeks, Romans, Gordions etc, includes Troy, Ephesus, Hattusa... ...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885332682

Middle East 1 - Mediterranean to Euphrates:
Includes abandoned cities of the Phoenicians, Jews, Romans, Nabateans etc, including Petra, Jericho, Palmyra...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885353903

Middle East 2, Mesopotamia and Further East:
Ancient cities of the Babylonians, Sumerians, Persians, Assyrians, etc. etc. Including Babylon, Ur, Nineveh, Persepolis... ...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885357900

Indian Subcontinent:
From Pakistan to Sri Lanka, cities of the Indus Valley civilizations, includes Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, Dholavira etc.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885364081

The Far East into the Pacific:
Maps based on the long gone cities of the Mongols, Chinese, Khmer, Polynesians etc. Including Angkor Wat, Nan Madol, Xanadu...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885367159

Have fun :)
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Abydos, Ancient Egypt, 3000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Abydos, Ancient Egypt, 3000BC From Wikipedia... "Abydos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt. It is located about 11 kilometres west of the Nile. In the ancient Egyptian language, the city was called Abdju. The English name Abydos comes from the Gr...
Akrotiri, Greece, 1600BC
Created by AncientSwan
Akrotiri, Thera / Santorini, Greece, 1600BC: There was a day, three thousand six hundred years ago when Thera was an island, and then the next day... well it was still an island, just one that was only half the sie of the day before. This map represents Th...
Alexandria, Ancient Egypt, 30BCE
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Alexandria, Egypt, 30BCE If you look at Alexandria today, you will see hundreds of miles of farmland to the south of the city. This farmland was created when the great Lake Mareotis was drained to give the desert country more space for growing crop...
Alesia, France, 400AD
Created by AncientSwan
Alesia, France, 400AD Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes of France. Alesia is best known for being the site of the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC that marked the defeat of the Gauls under Vercingetorix by the Romans under ...
Alt Clut, Scotland, 450AD
Created by AncientSwan
Alt Clut, Scotland, 450AD In the 19th century the RIver Clyde was dredged to allow for larger ships, at that time the water receded and what was once an island in the river became part of the mainland. This map represents the Clyde in ancient times, before...
Amarna - Akhetaten, Egypt, 1330BC
Created by AncientSwan
Amarna - Akhetaten, Egypt, 1330BC Amarna-Akhenaten was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. The name that the ancient Egyptians used for the ...
Amesbury & Stonehenge, Ancient Britain, 8000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Amesbury, Stonehenge, & Vespasian's Camp (Britain, 8000BC) Disclaimer: the game's redraw distance for standing stones is low, so you wont be able to see Stonehenge in game until you've bought that square and zoomed right in, from a distance you will only s...
Amsterdam, 1544AD
Created by AncientSwan
A map based on 16th century Amsterdam....
Angel Mounds, USA, 1450 AD
Created by AncientSwan
Angel Mounds, USA, 1450 AD Existence: Around 350 Years, From 1100 til 1450 AD Belonged to: Mississippi Culture, Angiel Chiefdom Abandoned: Unknown For thousands of years, the area that was later organized as the eastern United States was home to a successi...
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Created by AncientSwan
Angkor Wat, Cambodia Wikipedia says... "Angkor Wat, meaning "Temple City") is a temple complex and ancient city in Cambodia, it is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres). It was built by th...
Ani, Turkey, 1700 AD
Created by AncientSwan
Ani, Turkey, 1700 AD Existence: Around 1235 Years, From 500 til 1735 AD Belonged to: Armenian Kingdom, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Turks, Kurds, Georgian kingdom, Mongol Empire, Ottoman Empire Abandoned: Natural Disaster and Economic Collapse Ani is a ruined ...
Antioch, Turkey, 450AD
Created by AncientSwan
Antioch, Turkey, 450AD This map represents the ancient path of the Orontes River when the palace island and Petymerus River which helped create it still existed. Those islands and rivers are gone now, but not in this map. From Wikipedia... "Antioch on the ...
Apollonia, Albania, 400 AD
Created by AncientSwan
Apollonia, Albania, 400 AD Existence: Around 1000 Years, From 600 BC til 400 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome Abandoned: Natural Disaster Apollonia was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent city state, and later a Roman city, in sou...
Aquincum, Roman Hungary, 350AD
Created by AncientSwan
Aquincum, Roman Hungary, 350AD Existence: 700 Years, From 300 BC to 400 AD Belonged to: Celts, Romans Abandoned: War Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. It is believed that...
Ardoch, Roman Britain, 50AD
Created by AncientSwan
Ardoch, Roman Britain, 50AD From Wikipedia... "At Ardoch are the remains of a Roman fort and several marching camps which included a signal tower. Part of the Roman Gask Ridge, it is said to be one of the most complete Roman camps in Britain, and is one of...
Ashur, Assyria, Iraq 2000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Ashur, Assyria, Iraq 2000BC: And the Wikipedia went.... "Ashur (also known as Assur) was the capital of the Old Assyrian State (2025–1750 BC), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365–1050 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–608 BC). The r...
Atlantis
Created by AncientSwan
Atlantis...
Avaricum, France, 50BC
Created by AncientSwan
Avaricum, France, 50BC Avaricum was a city in ancient Gaul, near what is now the city of Bourges. Avaricum, situated in the lands of the Bituriges Cubi, was the largest and best-fortified city within their territory, situated on very fertile lands. The ter...
Avaris, Ancient Egypt, 1100BC
Created by AncientSwan
Avaris, Ancient Egypt, 1100BC From Wikipedia: "Avaris was the Hyksos capital of Egypt located at the modern site of Tell el-Dab'a in the northeastern region of the Nile Delta. As the main course of the Nile migrated eastward, its position at the hub of Egy...
Avebury, Stone Age Britain, 2625BC
Created by AncientSwan
Avebury, Stone Age Britain, 2625BC From Wikipedia... "Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains th...
Babylon, Iraq, 1000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Babylon, Iraq, 1000BC From wikipedia... "Babylon was the capital city of the ancient Babylonian Empire, which itself is a term referring to either of two separate empires in the Mesopotamian area in antiquity. These two empires achieved regional do...
Bactra, Afghanistan
Created by AncientSwan
Bactra, Afghanistan Bactra was historically an ancient place of religions, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, and one of the wealthiest and largest cities of Khorasan. The city was known to Persians as Zariaspa and to the Ancient Greeks as Bactra, giving its nam...
Bad-Tibira, Sumer, 3500BC
Created by AncientSwan
Bad-Tibira, Sumer, Iraq, 3500BC From le interweb: "Bad-Tibira, meaning "Fortress of the Smiths", was an ancient Sumerian city. It is recorded in the Sumerian king list as being one of the five cities that existed before the flood, and Bad-Tibira was the se...
Baiae, Italy, 800AD
Created by AncientSwan
Baiae, Italy Existence: 1300 Years, From 500 BC til 800 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome Abandoned: Natural Disasters and War Baiae was an ancient city situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli, Italy. It was a fashi...
Battlesbury, Roman Britain, 100AD
Created by AncientSwan
Battlesbury Camp, Roman Britain, 100AD From Wikipedia: "Battlesbury Camp is the site of a hill fort on Battlesbury Hill near the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, South West England. Excavations and surveys at the site have uncovered evidence of settlement ...
Ben Graim Beg, Scotland, 1000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ben Graim Beg, Scotland, 1000BC Deep in the highlands of Scotland, and at 580m above sea level, Ben Graim Beg is a mountain in Sutherland, atop of which lies Scotland's highest hillfort. Built in the early iron age around 1000BC, the hillfort had a command...
Beregonium, Scotland, 100AD
Created by AncientSwan
Beregonium, Pictish Scotland, 100AD Wiki says... "Beregonium is the name given by the Roman writer, Ptolemy, to the ancient city established by the Picts on the top of large land mass that has dominated the low lying area between Ardmucknish bay and Beinn ...
Beshbalik, Mongolia, 1390AD
Created by AncientSwan
Beshbalik, Mongolia, 1390AD Wikie says: "Beshbalik (Chinese: 别失八里) was an ancient city, its ruins are now located in Jimsar County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The ancient city was initially called Beiting (Chinese: 北庭;) and was the...
Bethel, Israel, 80AD
Created by AncientSwan
Bethel, Israel, 80AD Bethel was an ancient Israelite city frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Bethel is first referred to in the bible as being near where Abraham pitched his tent. Later, Bethel is mentioned as the location where Jacob dreams of a la...
Bhirdana, India, 2600 BC
Created by AncientSwan
Bhirdana, India, 2600 BC Existence: Around 5000 Years, From 7500 til 2500 BC Belonged to: Hakra culture, Harappan Culture Bhirrana, also Bhirdana, is an archaeological site, located in the Indian state of Haryana. Bhirrana's earliest archaeological layers ...
Bibracte, Gaul, 10BC
Created by AncientSwan
Bibracte, Gaul, France, 10BC From Wikipedia: "Bibracte was the capital city of the Aedui and one of the most important cities in ancient Gaul. It was situated near modern Autun in Burgundy, France. In 52 BC, Vercingetorix was proclaimed head of the Gaulish...
Bimini Islands, Bahamas, 12000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Bimini Islands, 12000BC This map is based on the Bimini Islands. According to Graham Hancock, the natural rock formation now known as the Bimini Road, was once a real road in ancient times, belonging to a long lost ancient civilization, before sea levels r...
Birka, Viking Sweden, 975AD
Created by AncientSwan
Birka, Sweden, 975AD Existence: 225 Years, From 750 til 975 AD Belonged to: Vikings Abandoned: Climate Change Water levels of Lake Mälaren were higher during the Viking Age, meaning the islands were smaller than present day. This map represents the islands...
Borsippa, Babylonia, 483BC
Created by AncientSwan
Borsippa, Babylonia, Iraq, 483BC Wikipedia says... "Borsippawas an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia.. The ziggurat is today one of the most vividly identifiable surviving ones, identified in the later Arabic culture with the Tower of Babel, when i...
British Camp, Roman Britain, 47AD
Created by AncientSwan
British Camp, Roman Britain, 47AD From Wiki... "British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of Herefordshire Beacon in the Malvern Hills, England. The fort is thought to have been first constructed in the 2nd century BC. A Norman castle was la...
Budelsdorf, Germany, 3000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Budelsdorf, Germany, 3000BC Budelsdorf, Germany, is the site of an ancient stone age city, the original name of the city has been lost to time. The site is situated 2km to the east of present-day Budelsdorf, 20km west of the city of Kiel. Little is known a...
Burghead, Pictish Scotland, 500 AD
Created by AncientSwan
Burghead, Pictish Scotland, 500AD From Wiki... Once the capital of the Pictish Kingdom of Fortriu, flourishing like the kingdom itself from the 4th to the 9th centuries. the fortress is now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was ...
Cadbury, Britain, 3000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Cadbury Hill, Bronze Age Britain, 3000BC From Wikipedia: "Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument and has been associated with King Arthur's legenda...
Caerwent, Roman Britain 399AD
Created by AncientSwan
Caerwent, Wales, Roman Britain 399AD From wiki.... "Venta Silurum was a city in the Roman province of Britannia or Britain. Today it consists of remains, much of which has been archaeologically excavated and is on display to the public. The name Venta gave...
Cahokia, America, 1000AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cahokia, St. Louis, America, 1000AD Wikipedia tells us... "The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. Th...
Camelot, Britain, 700AD
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Camelot, Britain, 700AD From Wikipedia sites on Camelot, and Tintagel... "Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot eventually came to be described as the fantastic capi...
Cannae, Italy, 1083AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cannae, Italy, 1083AD Existence: 1583 Years, From 500 BC to 1083 AD Belonged to: Etruscans, Rome, Byzantium Abandoned: War Cannae was an ancient city in present day Italy which once belonged to the Roman Empire. Cannae is most famous as the sit of the Batt...
Canterbury, Iron Age Britain, 1000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Canterbury, Kent, Iron Age Britain, 1000BC It is well known that the Isle of Thanet used to be an actual island, when the Wantsum Channel divided Kent. The large channel was a thriving trading route during the Roman occupation of Britain until it silted up...
Caral, Peru, 2000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Caral, Peru, 2000BC Wiki says... "The 'Sacred City of Caral-Supe' or simply 'Caral,' is an archaeological site where the remains of the main city of the Caral civilization are found. It is located in Peru in the Supe valley, near the current town of Caral,...
Carchemish, Turkey/Syria, 600BC
Created by AncientSwan
Carchemish, Turkey / Syria, 600BC From Wikipedia... "Carchemish was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyria...
Carnuntum, Roman Austria, 100AD
Created by AncientSwan
Carnuntum, Roman Austria, 100AD In the two thousand years since Carnuntum was built, the River Danube has moved and left the city far from the river. This map is based on the river's ancient course, when the city was still on the banks of the Danube RIver....
Carthage, Tunisia, 699AD
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Carthage, Tunisia, 699AD Existence: 1498 Years, From 800BC to 698AD Belonged to: Phoenicia, Rome, Byzantium Abandoned: War Wikipedia copy pasta: "Carthage was the capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, on the eastern side of the Lak...
Castro do Zambujal, Portugal
Created by AncientSwan
Castro do Zambujal, Portugal Existence: Around 1300 Years, From 3000 BC til 1700 BC Belonged to: Early Beaker Culture Abandoned: Unknown The Castro of Zambujal is the name given to a Copper Age city, the ruins of which can now be found in present-day Portu...
Çatalhöyük, Turkey, 6400BC
Created by AncientSwan
Çatalhöyük, Turkey, 6400BC Existence: 1100 Years, From 7500 til 6400 BC Belonged to: Unknown Abandoned: Unknown Çatalhöyük is the site of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia (present-day Turkey), which existed...
Cenabum, France, 50 BC
Created by AncientSwan
Cenabum, France, 50 BC Existence: Around 400 Years, From 450 til 53 BC Belonged to: Carnutes, Rome Abandoned: War Cenabum was the name capital of the Carnutes, a Gaelic tribe who lived around the River Loire area in present-day France. This port was the co...
Chankillo, Peru, 200 BC
Created by AncientSwan
Existence: Unknown, founded around 400 BC Belonged to: Casma/Sechin culture Abandoned: Unknown Chankillo, or Chanquillo ,is an ancient monumental complex in the Peruvian coastal desert. The ruins include the hilltop Chankillo city, the nearby Thirteen Towe...
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Created by AncientSwan
Chernobyl, Ukraine...
Chertomlyk, Ukraine, 300BC
Created by AncientSwan
Chertomlyk, Ukraine, 300BC Chertomlyk was an ancient city of the Scythians, at its height around 400BC. The mound ruins are now situated in modern day Ukraine, 20km NW of Nikopol....
Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1550AD
Created by AncientSwan
Chichen Itza, Mexico, 1550AD Existence: Around 800 Years, From 750 til 1550 AD Belonged to: Maya, Spain Abandoned: War Chichen Itza was a large city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archeological site is now located in Yucatán S...
Cirta, Roman Africa, 310AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cirta, Roman Africa, 310AD Existence: Around 800 Years, From 500 BC til 310 AD Belonged to: Berbers, Rome Abandoned: War Cirta was the capital city of the Berber kingdom of Numidia; its strategically important port city was Russicada. Although Numidia was ...
Cissbury, Roman Britain, 100AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cissbury Ring, Roman Britain , 100AD From Wikipedia: "Cissbury Ring is the largest hill fort in Sussex, the second largest in England and one of the largest in Europe overall, covering some 60 acres (24 hectares). The earthworks that form the fortification...
Ciudad Perdida - Teyuna, Colombia
Created by AncientSwan
La Ciudad Perdida - Teyuna, Colombia Existence: Around 700 Years, From 800 AD til 1500 AD Belonged to: Tairona Abandoned: Unknown Ciudad Perdida, Spanish for "Lost City," is the archaeological site of an ancient city in present-day Colombia. This city is a...
Coevorden, Netherlands, 1650AD
Created by AncientSwan
Coevorden Star Fort, Netherlands, 1650AD Most of the ditches dug for the Coevorden bastion fort have now been filled in, this map represents the city before that happened Wikipedia says... "Coevorden received city rights in 1408. It is the oldest city in t...
Craig Padhrig, Pictish Scotland, 550AD
Created by AncientSwan
Craig Padhrig, Pictish Scotland, 550AD From Wiki... "Craig Phadrig (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Phàdraig, meaning Rock of Patrick) is a forested hill on the western edge of Inverness, Scotland. A hill fort on the summit was the base of the Pictish king Bridei m...
Ctesiphon & Seleucia, Iraq 300AD
Created by AncientSwan
Ctesiphon, Seleucia & Veh-Ardashir, Iraq 300AD This map follows the ancient route of the Tigris river c. 300AD From Wikipedia... "Seleucia was founded in about 305 BC as the first capital of the Seleucid Empire. Seleucus was one of the successors of Alexan...
Cumae, Italy, 1208AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cumae, Italy, 1208AD Wiki says... "Cumae was originally founded as a Greek colony around 800BC and quickly rose to become one of the Greeks most important cities on the west of Italy. According to Dionysius, "Cumae was at that time celebrated throughout al...
Cyrene, Roman Africa, 400AD
Created by AncientSwan
Cyrene, Roman Africa, 400AD Cyrene was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near to present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities, known as the pentapoleis. Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar uplan...
Dan, Israel, 700BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dan, Israel, 700BC Existence: Around 2000 Years, From 2700 til 732 BC Belonged to: Laish, Israel, Egypt, Aram Abandoned: War Dan is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to...
Darien Scheme - New Scotland
Created by AncientSwan
Darien Scheme - New Scotland - New Caledonia - Puerto Escoces CIty Name: New Edinburgh Existence: 10 Years, From 1690 to 1700 AD Belonged to: Scotland Abandoned: War I wanted to imagine Scotlands attempt at building a colony had been succesful. This map wa...
Delphi, Greece, 395AD
Created by AncientSwan
Delphi, Greece, 395AD Delphi in ancient times was a sacred city that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to...
Dholavira, India, 1749BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dholavira, India, 1749BC The ruins of Dholavira now sit on a hill overlooking one of the worlds largest salt seas, known as The Great Rann of Kutch. As recently as Alexander the Great, this land was a great lake, but changed after devastating earthquakes r...
Dobrovody, Ukraine, 3000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dobrovody, Ukraine, 3000BC Dobrovody (Ukrainian: Доброводи) is a 4th millennium BC city of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The newest research (2014) indicates that Dobrovody could have contained up to 20,000 citizens, and was one of the largest cities in...
Dorylaeum, Turkey, 1200AD
Created by AncientSwan
Dorylaeum, Turkey, 1200AD Dorylaeum or Dorylaion was an ancient city in Anatolia. It is now an archaeological site located near the city of Eskişehir, Turkey. The ancient city of Dorylaeum existed under the Phrygians (1200 - 700BC) but there is evidence th...
Drumadoon, Isle of Arran, Scotland, 600AD
Created by AncientSwan
Drumadoon, Isle of Arran, Scotland, 600AD Existence: 3600+ Years, from c. 3000 BC to 600 AD Belonged to: Ancient Britons, Celts Abandoned: Unknown Drumadoon, on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, is the site of the most complete stone age cursus in the British i...
Dunadd, Iron Age Britain, 500AD
Created by AncientSwan
Dunadd, Iron Age Britain, 500AD From Wikipedia... "Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata, what is now western Scotland and...
Dun Deardail, Celtic Scotland, 100BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dun Deardail, Celtic Scotland, 100BC From Wiki... "The fort of Dun Deardail was built around 100 BC. The fort was occupied and rebuilt on several occasions through time, from Celtic fort through to Pictish citadel. The fort dominates the glen and would hav...
Dunearn, Pictish Scotland, 600AD
Created by AncientSwan
Dunearn, Pictish Scotland, 600AD Dunearn is a hillfort situated on a hill near Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. First evidence of fortifications on Dunearn date back to the early Iron Age, around 100BC. The fort sits atop a prominent hill, steep on three sides...
Dunedin, Scotland, 639AD
Created by AncientSwan
Dunedin, (Edinburgh) Scotland, 639AD The city now known was Edinburgh was once known as Dunedin. This map represents the area in ancient times, when the Nor Loch still existed. Wiki says... "When the Romans arrived in Lothian at the end of the 1st century ...
Dur Kurigalzu, Babylonia, 1155BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dur Kurigalzu, Babylonia, 1155BC The Lord of Wikipedia doth say... "Dur-Kurigalzuwas a city in southern Mesopotamia, near the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the center of Baghdad. It was founded by the Babyl...
Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria, 600BC
Created by AncientSwan
Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria, Iraq, 600BC Dur-Sharrukin ("Fortress of Sargon"), was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. The cities ruins can now be found in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul, near Khorsabad. The great city was entirel...
Dwarka, India, 400AD
Created by AncientSwan
Dwarka, India, 400AD A reference made in Ptolemy's Geography identified Dwarka as an island in the Gulf of Kanthils, this map represents that ancient coastline, before the island and Old Dwarka subsided beneath the sea. Dwarka was established as the capita...
Eastern Settlement, Viking Greenland, 1100AD
Created by AncientSwan
Eastern Settlement, Viking Greenland, 1100AD Wiki says: "The Eastern Settlement was the first and by far the larger of the two main areas of Norse Greenland, settled c. AD 985 – c. AD 1000 by Norsemen from Iceland. Despite its name, the Eastern Settlement ...
Ebla, Syria
Created by AncientSwan
Ebla, Syria Existence: Around 4200 Years, From 3500 BC til 700 AD Belonged to: Eblaites, Yamhad, Amorites Abandoned: War Ebla was one of the earliest city states and then kingdoms of Syria. The city's remains can now be found about 55 km (34 mi) southwest ...
Ecbatana, Persia, 550BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ecbatana, Persia, 550BC From Wikipedia: "Ecbatana, literally "the place of gathering";was an ancient city in modern Iran. Ecbatana was originally a Median city but was conquered by Cyrus the Great of Persia. Ecbatana would remain one of the Persian Empire’...
El Mirador, Guatemala, 900AD
Created by AncientSwan
Existence: 1300 Years, From 600 BC til 900 AD Belonged to: Maya Abandoned: Unknown El Mirador (which translates as "the lookout", or "the viewpoint") is a large pre-Columbian Middle and Late Preclassic (1000 BC - 250 AD) Mayan settlement, located in the no...
Elephantine, Egypt, 1500BC
Created by AncientSwan
Elephantine, Egypt, 1500BC Wiki says... "Known to the ancient Egyptians as ꜣbw "Elephant" the island of Elephantine stood at the border between Egypt and Nubia. It was an excellent defensive site for a city and its location made it a natural cargo transfer...
Empuries, Roman Spain, 299AD
Created by AncientSwan
Empuries, Roman Spain, 299AD From Wikipedia... "Empúries was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. Empúries is also known by its Spanish name, Ampurias. The city was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea. After the con...
Ephesus, Ancient Greece, 500BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Ephesus, Ancient Greece, Turkey, 500BC Although Ephesus now sits miles from the see, it once sat on the coast of a great bay known as the Gulf of Ephesus. This map is based on the ancient coastline before the bay silted up. From Wikipedia... "Ephes...
Eridu, Iraq, 3000BC
Created by AncientSwan
Ancient Eridu, Iraq, 3000BC Wikipedia says... "Eridu is an archaeological site in southern Mesopotamia (modern Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq). Eridu was long considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia. Located 12 km southwest of Ur, Eridu was the sou...
Eshnunna, Babylon, Iraq, 1200BC
Created by AncientSwan
Eshnunna, Babylon, Iraq, 1200BC Wiki says... "Eshnunna was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia. Founded around 3000 BC, Eshnunna was a major city during the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia. It is known, ...
Etzanoa, USA, 1701 AD
Created by AncientSwan
Etzanoa is a historical city of the Wichita people, located in present-day Arkansas City, Kansas, near the Arkansas River, that flourished between 1450 and 1700. Dubbed "the Great Settlement" by Spanish explorers who visited the site, at its peak Etzanoa h...
FengHao 沣镐, China, 770BC
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FengHao, China, 770BC Existence: 300 Years, From 1070 BC to 770 BC Belonged to: Zhou Abandoned: War Fenghao (Chinese: 沣镐) is the modern name of the ancient twin city formed by the Western Zhou capitals of Feng and Hao on opposite banks of the Feng River, S...
Gelonus, Ukraine, 600BC
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Gelonus, Ukraine, 600BC According to Herodotus, the city of Gelonus was originally founded as the capital of the Gelonians before being captured and becoming capital of the Scythian empire. The city's ruins can now be found near modern-day Bilske Horodyshc...
Gergovia, Gaul, 50BC
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Gergovia, Gaul, France, 50BC From WIkipedia: "Gergovia was a Celtic city of the Gauls, in modern French Alps near present-day Clermont-Ferrand. It was the capital of the Averni. The city of Gergovia had strong walls, and was located on a giant raised plate...
Gezer, Israel, 500BC
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Gezer, Israel, 500BC From Wikipedia... "Gezer, is an archaeological site in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains at the border of the Shfela region between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel. It is now an Israeli national park. In the Hebrew Bible, Gezer is ...
Girsu, Sumer, Iraq, 2000BC
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Girsu, Sumer, Iraq, 2000BC From Wiki... "Girsu was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, at the site of modern Tell Telloh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Girsu was founded in the Ubaid period around 5000BC, but significant ...
Gobekli Tepe, Turkey, 8000BC
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Gobekli Tepe, Turkey, 8000BC Wikipedia says... "Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, near modern Sanliurfa. Dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE, the site comprises a num...
Ancient Glastonbury, 7000BC
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Ancient Glastonbury, Stone Age Britain, 7000BC Modern day Glastonbury hill now lies almost 15 miles from the coast, surrounded by the Somerset Levels, but it wasnt always that way. Glastonbury Tor was once an island in a bay leading to the sea, surrounded ...
Garama, Libya, 210AD
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Garama, Libya, 210AD Existence: Around 670 Years, From 100 til 669 AD Belonged to: Garamantia, Rome, Byzantium Abandoned: War Garama is an ancient abandoned city, its ruins can now be found in present-day Libya. It was the capital of the Garamantian Kingdo...
Ggantija, Malta, 2500BC
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Ggantija, Malta, 2500BC Existence: 1100 Years, From 3600 to 2500 BC Belonged to: Unknown Abandoned: Unknown Ġgantija is a megalithic complex from the Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC), on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are th...
Gordion, Turkey, 1000BC
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Gordion, Turkey, 1000BC From Wikipedia... "Gordion was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km (43–50 mi) southwest of Ankara, Gordion's location at the confluence of the Sakarya and Porsuk river...
Gortyn, Crete, 829AD
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Gortyn, Crete, 829AD Existence: 3300 years, From c. 2500 BC to 828 AD Belonged to: Minoans, Greece, Rome Abandoned: War Gortyn was an ancient city on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, Heraklion. Many artifacts ...
Gomorrah, Jordan
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Gomorrah, Jordan The archaeological site now known as Tell Numeira, is in Jordan near the southern Dead Sea. The site has substantial Early Bronze Age remains. The site is 280m below sea level, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It has been argued that Numeira ...
Great Zimbabwe, 1000AD
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Great Zimbabwe, 1000AD From Wikipedia... "Great Zimbabwe is a city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwi and the town of Masvingo. It is thought to have been the capital of a great kingdom about which little is known, during the countr...
Gunkanjima, Hashima Island, Japan
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Gunkanjima, Hashima Island, Japan Existence: 87 Years, From 1887 til 1974 Belonged to: Japan Abandoned: Economic Collapse Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島, meaning Battleship Island), is a tiny abandoned island off Nagasaki, lying about 15 k...
Halicarnassus, Greece, 330BC
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Halicarnassus, Ancient Greece Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, bui...
Harappa, Pakistan, 2000BC
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Harappa, Pakistan, 2000BC Wikipedia says... "Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km (15 mi) west of Sahiwal. The site of the ancient city contains the ruins of a Bronze Age fortified city, which was part of the Harappan civilisa...
Harran / Carrhae, Turkey, 1272AD
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Harran / Carrhae, Turkey, 1272AD Existence: Around 3800 Years, From 2500 BC til 1271 AD Belonged to: Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia, Achaemenid, Macedonia, Seleucia, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic Caliphates Abandoned: War Harran was founded at some point around the ...
Hatra, Parthia, 240AD
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Hatra, Iraq, 240AD From Wikipedia: "Hatra was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. Hatra was a strongly fortified caravan city and capital of the small Arab Kingdom of Hatra, located betw...
Hattusa, Turkey, 1300BC
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Ancient Hattusa, Hatti, Anatolia, Turkey, 1300BC From Wiki... Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie deep within the mountains of modern day central Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River. Before ...
Helike, Ancient Greece, 372BC
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Helike, Ancient Greece, 372BC The modern coastline has receded in the time since Helike was destroyed. This map represents the ancient coastline of 372BC, after the tsunami took the land away. From Wikipedia... "Helike was founded in the Bronze Age, becomi...
Heraclion, Ancient Egypt, 1200BC
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Heraclion, Ancient Egypt, 1200BC Wikipedia says... "Heracleion also known by its Egyptian name Thonis ( and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandri...
Herakleia, Italy
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Herakleia, Italy Existence: Unknown, From 432 BC Belonged to: Greece, Rome Heraclea, also Herakleia was an ancient city of Magna Graecia. It was situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris (modern Agri) and Siris (modern Sinni). The ruins of ...
Herculaneum, Italy, AD79
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Herculaneum, Italy, AD79 Herculaneum was an ancient city, located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Like the nearby city of Pompeii, Hercu...
Hermonassa / Tmutarakan, Russia
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Hermonassa / Tmutarakan, Russia Existence: Around 1950 Years, From 550 BC til 1400 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome, Bosporan Kingdom, Huns, Old Bulgaria, Khazars, Kievan Rus, Empire of Trebizond, Republic of Genoa Abandoned: Economic Collapse Hermonassa was a...
Heuneburg, Celtic Germany, 600BC
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Heuneburg, Celtic Germany, 600BC Wiki says... "Heuneburg is a prehistoric hillfort by the river Danube in Hundersingen, Baden-Württemberg, south Germany, close to the modern borders with Switzerland and Austria. It is considered to be one of the most impor...
Histria, Romania, 800AD
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Histria, Romania, 800AD Existence: Around 1300 Years, From 650 BC til 750 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome Abandoned: War Histria or Istros was a Greek city near the mouths of the Danube, on the western coast of the Black Sea. Established by Milesian settlers ...
Isin, Babylonia, 1711BC
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Isin, Babylonia, 1711BC From le Wikipedia... "The site of Isin was occupied at least as early as the 3000BC and by 2000BC had grown powerful enough to gain dynastic control over the culturally significant cities of Ur, Uruk, and the spiritual center of Nip...
Istakhr, Iran, 900AD
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Istakhr, Iran, 900AD Istakhr (also known to the Greeks as Zoroastar) was an ancient city in Fars province, five kilometres north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran. Istakhr's religious importance as a Zoroastrian center was signified as early as the 4th ce...
Jarlshof, Shetland, Scotland
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Jarlshof, Shetland, Scotland Existence: Around 4200 Years, From 2500 BC til 1700 AD Belonged to: Ancient Britons, Celts, Picts, Vikings, Scotland Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland and has been described as "on...
Jebel Barkal, Ancient Egypt, 1169BC
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Jebel Barkal, Ancient Egypt, 1169BC Wiki says... "Jebel Barkal is a mesa located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, on the Nile River, in the region that is sometimes called Nubia. The jebel is 104 m tall, has a flat top, ...
Jericho, Palestine, 10,000BC
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Ancient Jericho, 10,000BC Wikipedia says... "Jericho is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. Jericho is claimed to be the oldest city in the world, and it is a...
JiaHu 賈湖, China, 5700 BC
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Existence: Around 1300 Years, From 7000 til 5700 BC Belonged to: Unknown Abandoned: Natural Disaster Jiahu (Chinese: 賈湖) was the site of a stone age city based in the central plain of ancient China, near the Yellow River. It is located between the floodpla...
JinSha 金沙, China, 350BC
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JinSha 金沙, China, 350BC Jinsha (Chinese: 金沙) is the location of ancient city ruins now located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Along with Sanxingdui, the site is the first major discovery in China during the 21st century. After the decline of Sanxingd...
Kadesh, Syria, 1177BC
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Kadesh, Syria, 1177BC Wikipedia says... "Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant near the headwaters and a ford of the Orontes River. It was of importance during the Late Bronze Age and is mentioned in the Amarna letters. It was the site of th...
Kar-Tikulti-Ninurta, Assyria, 1200BC
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Kar-Tikulti-Ninurta, Assyria, Iraq, 1200BC From Wikipedia... "Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta was a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I (about 1243–1207 BC) just north of Assur. Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta was a totally new foundation about 3 km (1...
Karakorum, Mongolia, 1399AD
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Karakorum, Mongolia, 1399AD Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in modern-day Mongolia. In 1218–1219, Genghis Khan rallied his troops for the campaign...
Kāveripattinam, India, 300AD
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Kāveripattinam, India, 300AD Existence: 400 Years, From 700 BC til 300 BC Belonged to: Early Chola culture Abandoned: Natural Disaster The ancient city of Kaveri Poompattinam was once a flourishing port city. It's ruins can now be found underwater, near th...
Kerkouane, Tunisia, 250BC
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Kerkouane, Tunisia, 250BC Kerkouane was an ancient Phoenician city in modern north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with Carthage, Hadrumetum, and Utica. This Phoenician city was abandoned during the Fir...
Kerma, Nubia, 1500BC
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Kerma, Nubia, 1500BC Kerma was the capital city of ancient Nubia, which was located in present-day Sudan at least 5500 years ago. By 1700 BC, Kerma was host to a population of at least 100,000 people....
Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, 1515AD
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Existence: Around 700 Years, From 800 til 1500 AD Belonged to: Mwera Peoples, Kilwa Sultanate Abandoned: War Kilwa Kisiwani is an island, national historic site, and ruins of an ancient city, now located in present-day Tanzania. At its peak in the middle a...
Kish, Sumer, 550BC
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Kish, Sumer, Iraq, 550BC no idea why the pics turned out so small, cba finding out, it is beautiful tho, I promise. From Wikipedia... "Kish was ancient city of Sumer, occupied from c.5300BC, gaining prominence as one of the pre-eminent powers in the region...
Knap of Howar, Scotland, 2800BC
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Knap of Howar, Orkney, Stone Age Britain, 2800BC : Existence: Around 900 Years, From 3700 til 2800 BC Belonged to: Unknown Abandoned: Unknown The Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Stone Age settlement which contains oldes...
Knockdhu, Ireland, 500BC
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Knockdhu, Ireland, 500BC Knockdhu was an ancient city built atop a high promontory overlooking the sea on the east coast of Ireland, situated approximately one mile to the west of modern day Cairncastle, near Larne. The site consists of a set of three bank...
Knossos, Minoan Crete, 1100BC
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Knossos, Minoan Crete, 1100BC From Wikipedia... "Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. The site of Knossos has had a very long history of human habitation beginning with the founding of the...
Kweneng, South Africa, 1500AD
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Kweneng, South Africa, 1500AD Existence: Around 420 Years, From 1400 til 1820 AD Belonged to: Tswana Abandoned: War Kweneng’ ruins are the remains of a pre-colonial Tswana capital occupied from the 15th to the 19th century AD in South Africa. The site is l...
L'Anse Aux Meadows, Viking Canada, 1050AD
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L'Anse Aux Meadows, Viking Canada, 1050AD Wiki says... "L'Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago (carbon dating estimates 990–1050 CE). The site is located on the northernmost tip of the isl...
Lachish, Israel, 320BC
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Lachish, Israel, 320BC Wikipedia says... "Lachish was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in Judea, Israel, on the South bank of the Lakhish River, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Today, the ruins of Lachish are an Israeli national park. L...
Lagash, Sumer, Iraq, 2500BC
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Lagash, Sumer, 2500BC From Wikiepedia... "Lagash was an ancient city located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Lagash was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East, situated on a hill...
Laodicea, Turkey, 61AD
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Laodicea, Turkey, 61AD From Wikipedia... "Laodicea was an ancient city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus. It was located in the Hellenistic regions of Caria and Lydia, and later became the capital of the Roman Province of Phrygia Pacatiana. It ...
Larsa, Babylonia, 1673BC
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Larsa, Babylonia, Iraq, 1673BC From Wikipedia... " Larsa, located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Uruk in southern Iraq, was founded in prehistoric times, and grew to become an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun go...
Lepinski Vir, Serbia, 6000BC
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Lepinski Vir, Serbia, 6000BC Lepenski Vir, located in the Iroan Gates Gorge, Serbia, is an important archaeological site of the stone age culture of the Balkans. The latest radiocarbon and suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir spans between 3500 yea...
Leptis Magna, Roman Libya, 200AD
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Leptis Magna, Roman Libya, 200AD From Wikipedia... "Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean. Originally a 7th-centur...
Linzi 臨淄, China, 100BC
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Linzi, China, 100BC Linzi (Chinese: 臨淄) was the capital of the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou Dynasty. The ruins of the city lie in modern-day Linzi Province, Shandong, China. The city was one of the largest and richest in China during the Spr...
Londinium, Roman Britain, 100AD
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London, Roman Britain, 100AD Barely a handful of London's rivers are still visible above ground, two thousand years of civilization have seen most of London's ancient rivers now covered over, hidden under pavements and streets. This map represents London a...
Los Millares, Spain, 2000BC
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Los Millares, Spain, 2000BC Existence: Around 1000 Years, From 3000 til 2000 BC Belonged to: Unknown Abandoned: Unknown Los Millares is a Copper Age occupation site 17 km north of present-day Almería, in Andalucía, Spain. The complex was in use from the en...
Lothal, India, 1900BC
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Lothal, India, 1900BC Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, located in the Bhāl region of the modern state of Gujarāt. Construction of the city is believed to have begun around 2200 BCE. Lothal had the world's ...
Lviv, Ukraine
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Lviv, Ukraine, 1800AD Modern Lviv has paved over its river, but maps cant be made for this game without running water in the starting square, so this map returns Lviv to the early 19th century, when the Poltva River still flowed above ground....
Macchu Picchu, Peru, AD1450
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Macchu Picchu, Peru, AD1450 Wikipedia says... "Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province abo...
Magdala, Israel, 300AD
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Magdala, Israel, 300AD Wiki says... "Magdala was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya. It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. ...
Mahabalipuram, India, 700AD
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Mahabalipuram, India, 700AD The December 2004 tsunami, which battered much of the south Indian coast, has helped unearth priceless relics in the ancient port city of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. The killer waves shifted thousands of tonnes of sand to uncov...
Maidanetske, Ukraine, 3500BC
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Maidanetske, Ukraine, 3500BC Maidanets was the location of two separate settlements of the Neolithic/Chalcolithic Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The first settlement, encompassing about 2 hectares (5 acres), was inhabited near 5000 BC, and is located close t...
Maiden Castle, Iron Age Britain, 500BC
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Maiden Castle, Iron Age Britain, 500BC From Wikipedia.... "Maiden Castle, south west of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England, is one of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe - 47 acres, the size of 50 football pitches. Its huge m...
Mari, Syria, 300BC
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Mari, Syria, 300BC Mari was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains can be found on the Euphrates River western bank. It flourished as a trade center and hegemonic state between 2900 BC and 1759 BC. The city was purposely built in th...
Masada, Israel 73AD
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Ancient Masada, Israel 73AD. From Wikipedia... "Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead...
Mathrafal, Wales, 1214 AD
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Mathrafal, Wales, 1214 AD Existence: Around 300 Years, From c. 900 til 1213 AD Belonged to: Kingdom of Powys Abandoned: War Mathrafal near Welshpool, in Powys, Mid Wales, was the seat of the Kings and Princes of Powys, and served as the capital city of the...
Megiddo, Israel, 4000BC
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Megiddo, Israel, 4000BC Wiki says... "Megiddo is and ancient city known for its historical, geographical, and theological importance, especially under its Greek name Armageddon. During the Bronze Age, Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state and durin...
Memphis, Egypt, 642AD
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Existence: Around 3700 years, From 3100 BC til 641 AD Belonged to: Egypt, Greece, Rome Abandoned: Economic Collapse Memphis was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("north"). Its ruins are located in the v...
Meroe, Kush, 350AD
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Meroe, Kush, 350AD Existence: 940 Years, From 590 BC to 350 AD Belonged to: Kush, Nubia Abandoned: War Meroë was an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of present-day Shendi, Sudan. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Ku...
Merv, Turkmenistan, 1350AD
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Ancient Merv, Turkmenistan, 1350AD From Wikipedia: "Merv was a major city in Central Asia and was once the largest city on Earth. Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD. It changed hands repeatedl...
Miletus, Ancient Greece, 1200BC
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Ancient Miletus, Ancient Greece, Turkey, 1200BC The ancient ruins of Miletus now lie almost 5km from the modern coastline, but it wasnt always that way. Until around 2000 years ago, Miletus sat on a peninsula sticking out into a large bay. This map is base...
Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan, 2500BC
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Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan, 2500BC From Wikipedia... "Mohenjo-daro was built around 2500 BC, it was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus civilisation or Harappan culture and the most advanced city of its time, with remarkably sophisticated civil engi...
Moson Kahni, America, 1900AD
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Moson Kahni, America, 1900AD Moson Kahni was a city belonging to the Shoshone, a tribe which once ruled gteat areas of modern USA. It was located within the Cache Valley, between current-day Franklin and Preston, Idaho. In Shoshoni, Moson Kahni means "Home...
Motya, Sicily, Italy, 395 BC
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Existence: Around 400 Years, From 800 til 396 BC Belonged to: Phoenicians, Greece, Carthage Abandoned: War Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily. The foundation of the settlement dates from around 800 BC...
Moundville, America, 1500AD
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Moundville, America, 1500AD Existence: Around 500 years, From 1000 til 1500 AD Belonged to: Pre-Colombian Mississippian Cultures Moundville Archaeological Site, also known as the Moundville Archaeological Park, is a Mississippian culture archaeological sit...
Muziris, India, 1342AD
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Muziris, India, 1342AD Existence: 900 Years, From 400 BC to 500 AD Abandoned: Economic Collapse and Natural Disaster Around 2,000 years ago, Muziris was one of India’s most important trading ports. According to the Akananuru, a collection of Tamil poetry f...
Mycenae, Ancient Greece, 1000BC
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Ancient Mycenae, Greece, 1000BC From Wikipedia... "Mycenae is an ancient city located on a small hill between two larger hills on the fertile Argolid Plain in Peloponnese, Greece. In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek c...
Myriv, Ukraine, 1243AD
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Myriv, Ukraine, 1243AD Founded around 800BC, Myriv grew to become a major city of the ancient Scythian empire. It remained a major city throughout the Roman and then Rus periods, until eventually it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242AD. Three hundred yea...
Nan Madol, Micronesia, 1000AD
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Ancient Nan Madol, 1000AD From Wikipedia... "Nan Madol is an archaeological site on the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. The city, constructed in a lagoon, consists of a series of s...
Nebelivka, Ukraine, 4000BC
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Nebelivka, Ukraine, 4000BC Existence: 2000 Years, From 6000 to 4000 BC Belonged to: Cucuteni-Trypolliana Culture Abandoned: Unkown Nebelivka is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. Althoug...
Nekhen, Ancient Egypt, 3000BC
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Nekhen, Ancient Egypt, 3000BC Wiki says... "Nekhen (Ancient Egyptian); also known to the Ancient Greeks as Hierakonpolis , City of the Hawk, was the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probab...
Ness of Brodgar, Scotland, 2200BC
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Ness of Brodgar, Scotland, 2200BC The Ness of Brodgar is an archaeological site covering 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness on the island of Orkney, Scotland. The site has provided evidence of decorated stone sl...
Nicaea, Byzantium, 368AD
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Nicaea, Byzantium, 368AD Wikipedia says... "Nicaea was an ancient Greek city in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea. The ancient city is surrounded on all sides by 5 kilometres (3 mi) of walls...
Nicomedia, Byzantium, 359AD
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Nicomedia, Byzantium, 359AD Nicomedia was originally an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire, a status which the city maintained until AD324. This status end...
Nimrud, Assyria, Iraq, 1300BC
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Ancient Nimrud, Assyria, Iraq, 1300BC From Wikipedia... "Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul,. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1350 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in a ...
Nineveh, Assyria, Iraq, 1000BC.
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Ancient Nineveh, Assyria, Mosul, Iraq, 1000BC. Wikipedia copypasta... "Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was t...
Nippur, Iraq, 900AD
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Ancient Nippur, Iraq, 900AD Existence: 3700 Years, From 2800BC to 900AD Belonged to: Akkad, Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Seleucia, Parthia, Persia, Umayyad Caliphate Abandoned: War Wikipedia copypasta... "Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city. It was the special...
Numantia, Spain, 600AD
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Numantia, Spain, 600AD Existence: Around 1200 Years, From 600 BC til 600 AD Belonged to: Celtiberians, Rome, Visigoths Abandoned: War Numantia was an Iron Age city, which controlled a crossing of the river Duero. Strabo and Ptolemy place Numantia as a city...
Olbia, Ukraine, 400AD
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Olbia, Ukraine, 400AD Pontic Olbia, or simply Olbia, was an ancient Greek city on the shore of the Black Sea, in modern Ukraine, near the village of Parutyne. The city was founded in the 7th century BC by colonists from Miletus. Its harbour was one of the ...
Old Bagan, Myanmar, 1287AD
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Old Bagan, Myanmar, 1287AD Bagan is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would lat...
Old Sarai, Mongolia, 1299AD
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Old Sarai, Mongolia, 1299AD Old Sarai was established by the Mongol ruler Batu Khan. As the principal seat of Batu, Berke, and their successors, Sarai was effectively the capital of a great empire, although the khan and his court occasionally resided at ot...
Old Sarum, England, 1323 AD
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Sarum, England, 1323 AD Existence: Around 4300 Years, From 3000 BC til 1322 AD Belonged to: Ancient Britons, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Normans, England Abandoned: Economic Collapse Sarum was once one of the largest and most important cities in ancient Britain...
Olympia, Greece, 600AD
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Olympia, Greece, 600AD Olympia was an ancient Greek city on the Peloponnese peninsula, famous as the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, which were held every four years throughout Classical antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Ol...
Palenque, Mexico, 800AD
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Palenque, Mexico, 800AD Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque city ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD. After its decline, it was overgrown by the jungle of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla tree...
Palmyra, Syria, 70AD
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Ancient Palmyra, Syria, 70AD History lesson from Wikipedia... "Palmyra is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BC...
Pasargadae, Persia, Iran, 550BCE
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Pasargadae, Persia, Iran, 550BCE From wikipedia... "Pasargadae was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE), who ordered its construction and the location of his tomb. Today it is an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNE...
Pavlopetri, Greece, 3000BC
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Pavlopetri, Greece, 3000BC There was a time, long ago, when the present day island of Pavlopetri was connected to mainland Greece. This map represents ancient times, before an earthquake sank the area beneath the waves, The city of Pavlopetri, in Vatika Ba...
Pella, Macedonia, 300BC
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Pella, Macedonia, Greece, 300BC In ancient times, Pella was a strategic port connected to the Thermaic Gulf by a navigable inlet, but the harbour and gulf have long since silted up, leaving the site landlocked. This map represents the area before the sea r...
Pergamum, Turkey, 300AD
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Pergamum, Ancient Greece Pergamon was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. During the Hellenistic period, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon in 281–133 BC under the Attalid dynasty, who transformed it into one of the major cultura...
Persepolis, Iran, 330BC
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Ancient Persepolis, Iran, 330BC Wikipedia says... "Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BC). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by southern Zagros mountains of Iran. Modern day Shiraz is situated 60 k...
Petra, Jordan, 363AD
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Petra, Jordan, 363AD In this map the natural spring at Wadi Mousa has been widened to allow for ships in-game. Wiki says... "Petra is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan, in a basin surrounded by mountains running from the Dead Sea to the...
Phanagoria, Russia, 950AD
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Phanagoria, Russia, 950AD Existence: 1400 Years, From 543 BC to 950 AD Belonged to: Greece, Roma, Bospora, Old Bulgaria, Byzantium Abandoned: War Phanagoria was the largest ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, in present-dahy Russia, spread over two ...
Philippi, Ancient Greece
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Philippi, Ancient Greece Wikipedia says... "Philippi was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was conquered and renamed by Philip II o...
Phoenike, Albania, 600 AD
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Existence Around 1200 Years, From 550 BC til 650 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome, Byzantium Abandoned: Unknown Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ende...
Pi-Ramesses, Egypt, 1200BC
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Pi-Ramesses, Egypt, 1200BC Wikiepedia copy paste... "Pi-Ramesses was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC) at Qantir, near the old site of Avaris. The city had served as a summer palace under Seti I (c. 1290–127...
PingYao 平遥古城, China
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PingYao 平遥古城, China Pingyao, officially Pingyao Ancient City, is a walled city in central Shanxi, China, famed for its importance in Chinese economic history and for its well-preserved Ming and Qing urban planning and architecture. The town is first record...
Pompeii, Italy, AD79
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Pompeii, Italy, AD79 Although Pompeii now sits some miles from the sea, it was once a coastal city, with harbors directly onto the sea. This map represents the ancient coastline, before Vesuvius went boom. From Wikipedia... "Pompeii was an ancient city loc...
Porolissum, Romania, 270AD
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Porolissum, Romania, 270AD Existence: Around 160 Years, From 106 til 270 AD Belonged to: Rome Abandoned: Economic Collapse Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia. Established as a military camp in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly gr...
Port Royal, Jamaica, 1692AD
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Port Royal, Jamaica, 1692AD The land Port Royal now sits on has changed massively since it was founded, what was once a thin strip of land is now much wider. This map represents the ancient coastline of 1692, before the earthquake and tsunami decided to mi...
Portus Abonae, Roman Britain, 399AD
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Portus Abonae, Roman Britain, 399AD From Wikipedia... "The Roman settlement known as Portus Abonae, close to modern day Bristol, England, was originally a military settlement but by the early second century a civilian town had been established and a city t...
Poverty Point, America, 1700BC
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Poverty Point, Louisiana, America, 1700BC Poverty Point State Historic Site is a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture. The Poverty Point site is located in present-day northeastern Louisiana There are many large towns and cities n...
Pripyat, Ukraine
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Pulli, Estonia, 10,000BC
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Pulli, Estonia, 10,000BC Pulli is the oldest human settlement in Estonia, and one of the oldest in Europe. Archaeological evidence shows that the first settlers arrived at the Pulli settlement 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. In all, 1,175 items have been found...
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, USA
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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon Existence: 300 Years, From 828 AD til 1126 AD Belonged to: Puebloans Abandoned: Man-Made Deforestation Pueblo Bonito (Spanish for 'beautiful town') is the largest and best-known city of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, no...
Rakhigarhi, India, 2000BC
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Rakhigarhi, India, 2000BC Rakhigarhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi. It was part of the mature phase of ...
Rath Cruachan, Ireland
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Existence: Around 6000 years, from 4500 BC til 1500 AD Rathcroghan (Irish: Ráth Cruachan, meaning 'fort of Cruachan') is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the ancient capita...
Roanoke, America, 1590 AD
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Roanoke, America, 1590 AD From Wikipedia... "The establishment of the Roanoke Colony was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The English, led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Ne...
Roxburgh, Scotland, 1461AD
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Roxburgh, Scotland Existence: 601 Years, From 859 to 1460 AD Belonged to: Scotland Abandoned: War Roxburgh was once one of Scotlands major cities, but was destroyed in 1460 during Scottish wars of Independence. From Wikipedia: "It was an important trading ...
Sabratha, Roman Africa, 367AD
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Sabratha, Roman Africa, 367AD Sabratha, also known as Sbrt'n, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. Sabratha's port was established about 500 BC, as the Phoenician trading-post of Tsabratan. Af...
Salamis, Cyprus, 300AD
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Salamis, Cyprus, 300AD Existence: 1800 Years, From 1100 BC to 700 AD Belonged to: Greece, Assyria, Persia, Egypt, Greece, Rome Abandoned: Earthquakes and War Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Ped...
SanXingDui 三星堆, China, 315BC
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SanXingDui 三星堆, China 中国, 315BC Sanxingdui (Chinese: 三星堆) is the site of an ancient city, founded in the Bronze Age with continued existence for almost 2000 years. Sanxingdui was the capital of the anicent kingdom of Shu, in modern day China. The Sanxingdu...
Sardis, Turkey, 17AD
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Sardis, Turkey, 17AD From Wikipedia... "Sardis was an ancient city at the location of modern Sart in Turkey's Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia] one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a Seleucid...
Segesta, Sicily, Italy, 900AD
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Segesta, Italy, 900AD Existence: Around 2200 Years, From c. 1170 BC til 900 AD Belonged to: Elymia, Carthage, Rome Abandoned: War According to Greek tradition, Segesta was founded round 1170BC by a band of Trojan settlers, fugitives from the destruction of...
Selinunte, Sicily, 250BC
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Existence: 378 Years, From 628 BC til 250 BC Belonged to: Greece, Carthage Abandoned: War Selinunte was a rich and extensive ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. It was situated on a high plateau between the valleys of the Cott...
Serpent Mound, America, 320BC
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The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-foot-long (411 m), three-foot-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio. It was built on what is known as the Serpent Mound crater plateau, running along the Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio. The mound ...
Shechem, Israel, 67BC
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Shechem, Israel, 67BC Shechem was a Canaanite and Israelite city mentioned in the Amarna Letters, later appearing in the Hebrew Bible as the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel. According to Joshua 21:20–21, it was located in the tribal territorial allo...
Shicheng 狮城, China, 1958
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Shicheng, China, 1958 Existence: Around 600 Years, From 1350 til 1959 AD Belonged to: China Abandoned: Flooded to make a Dam Shicheng (Chinese: 狮城; 'Lion City') is an ancient underwater city situated under Qiandao Lake in Chun'an County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang...
Shuruppak, Sumer, 1990BC
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Shuruppak, Sumer, 1990BC Wikipedia says... "Shuruppak was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres south of Nippur on the banks of the Euphrates in modern day Iraq. Shuruppak was dedicated to Ninlil, also called Sud, the goddess of grain and t...
Sicyon, Greece, 140BC
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Sicyon, Greece, 140BC Sicyon, or Sikyon, was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponne between Corinth and Achaea. An ancient monarchy at the times of the Trojan War, the city was ruled by a number of tyrants during the Archaic and Cla...
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 500AD
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 500AD Map has been edited a little from the real world to have flowing water, ship access, and a ramp up the mountain (cant build tunnels in map editor). From Wikipedia: "Sigiriya or Sinhagiri (Lion Rock) is an ancient rock fortress lo...
Sippar, Babylonia, 1173BC
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Sippar, Babylonia, 1173BC Wikipedia says... "Sippar was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river. Sippar was the cult site of the sun god (Sumerian Utu, Akkadian Shamash) and the home of his temple ...
Skara Brae, Stone Age Britain, 3000BC
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Skara Brae,Stone Age Britain, 3000BC From Wikipedia... "Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. The site was occupied from rough...
Sodom, Jordan, 2600BC
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Sodom, Jordan, 2600BC Existence: 2400 Years, From 4000 to 1600 BC Recent evidence and archeological digs suggest that in ~ 1650 BCE (~ 3600 years ago), a cosmic airburst destroyed what is now known as Tall el-Hammam, the site of a Middle-Bronze-Age city in...
Songo Mnara, Tanzania, 1600 AD
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Songo Mnara, Tanzania, 1600 AD Songo Mnara is a historic Swahiili settlement located on Songo Mnara Island in present-day Tanzania. The island is home to a Medieval Swahili city which was occupied from the 14th to 16th centuries AD. Songo Mnara has been re...
Sparta, Ancient Greece, 750BC
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Ancient Sparta, Greece, 750BC Wikipedia says... "Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River i...
Star Carr, Stone Age Britain, 9000BC
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Star Carr, Stone Age Britain, 9000BC The area where Star Carr now sits looks over a Yorkshie valley, but thousands of years ago that valley was once a great lake. This map is based on the ancient shores, when the lake was still wet. From Wikipedia: "Star C...
Susa, Iran, 4400BC
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Ancient Susa, Iran, 4400BC Wikipedia says... "Susa was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa serve...
Takedda, Niger, 1675 AD
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Existence: Unknown Belonged to: Takedda Kingdom, Mali Empire, Tuareg Kingdom Abandoned: Unknown Takedda was a city, and capital of the former Takedda Kingdom, located in present-day Niger. Takedda was founded by the Sanhaja, a Berber tribal confederation i...
Talianki, Ukraine, 3800BC
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Talianki, Ukraine, 3800BC Talianki (Ukrainian: Тальянки́) was an ancient stone age city, near the present-day Talianky village in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The city belonged to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, dating to around 3850–3700 BC, it is currently...
Tanais, Russia, 600AD
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Existence: Around 800 Years, From 200 BC til 600 AD Belonged to: Greece, Rome, Bosporus Abandoned: Natural Disaster Tanais was an ancient Greek city in the area known in ancient times as the Maeotian Marshes, the present-day Don river delta, Russia. The si...
Tap O Noth, Pictish Scotland, 300AD
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Tap O Noth, Pictish Scotland, 300AD Tap o Noth is Scotland's second highest hill fort and at one point was the Pictish kingdom's largest city. 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland its main feature is its well-preserved vitrified wall which en...
Tara, Ireland
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The Hill of Tara is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in present-day County Meath, Ireland. Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology. Tara cons...
Taxila / Sirkap, Pakistan, 500AD
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Taxila / Sirkap, Pakistan, 500AD Taxila was an important city of ancient India, situated on the eastern shore of the Indus River—the pivotal junction of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia; it was founded around 1000 BCE. Taxila has changed hands many...
Timgad, Roman Africa, 400AD
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Timgad, Roman Africa, 400AD When you go to Wikipedia, the words look like this: "Timgad was a Roman city in Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around CE 100. Located in modern-day Algeria, about 35 km east of the city of Batna, the ruins a...
Troy, Turkey, 1200BC
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Ancient Troy, Turkey, 1200BC This map is based on the coastline of 1200BC, and not the modern coastline. Ancient Troy was situated on a bay, in this map that bay still exists. :) From Wikipedia... "Troy was an ancient city located in present-day Turkey. It...
Tyre, Lebanon, 334BC
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If you look at Tyre today, you will see that it is a peninsula, but it wasn't always that way, it used to be an island. in 334BC, Alexander the Great reached Tyre with his armies. Alexander started the Siege of Tyre despite its reputation as being impregna...
Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, 1524
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Existence: 199 Years, From 1325 to 1524 AD Belonged to: Aztec Empire Abandoned: War Where the modern day Mexico City now stands, was once a great lake, Lake Texcoco, where the ancient Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan was built. Destroyed by Spain in 1525, the g...
Teotihuacan, Mexico, 250AD
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Teotihuacan, Mexico, 250AD From wikipedia... "Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan is kn...
Thapsus, Roman Africa, 399AD
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Thapsus, Roman Africa, 399AD Thapsus, was a Phoenician, Carthaginian and then Roman port city near present-day Bekalta, Tunisia. Thapsus was founded by the Phoenicians. It served as a waypoint on the trade routes between the Strait of Gibraltar and Phoenic...
Thebes, Luxor, & Karnak, Ancient Egypt
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Thebes, Luxor, & Karnak, Ancient Egypt Thie path of the River Nile has changed a lot since the days of the pharoahs. This map represents the Nile before it shifted, when Luxor was on an island. From Wikipedia... "Thebes, known to the ancient Egyptians as W...
Tikal, Guatemala, 1099AD
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Tikal, Guatemala, 1099AD Existence: 1700 Years, From 400 BC to 1100 AD Belonged to: Maya Abandoned: War Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which in ancient times was known as Yax Mutal. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of t...
Tlacopan, Aztec Mexico, 1522AD
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Tlacopan, Aztec, 1500AD Not got a clue why the pics uploaded so small. Not gonna find out either, it is beautiful tho, obviously :) Where Mexico CIty now sits, was once a great lake. Tlacopan was an ancient city on the shore of that lake. This map represen...
TongWanCheng 統萬城, China, 427AD
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Tongwancheng, China, 427AD Tongwancheng (Chinese: 統萬城) was the capital of the Xiongnu-led Hu Xia dynasty in northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in the early 5th century. The city is on what was formerly a strategic site in the center of the O...
Traprain Law, Roman Britain, 401AD
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Traprain Law, Scotland, 401AD The hill now known as Traprain Law, was once the site of the capital city of the Gododdin, a people who once ruled the area now known as East Lothian, in present-day Scotland. The city was known to the Romans as Curia, and the...
Trelleborg, Denmark, 1000AD
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Trelleborg, Denmark, 1000AD Existence: Around 30 Years, From c. 980 til 1010 AD Belonged to: Vikings Abandoned: War Trelleborg, west of Slagelse on the Danish island of Zealand, is one of seven known Viking ring forts. Trelleborg is believed to have been o...
Trellech, Medieval Wales, 1200AD
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Trellech, Medieval Wales, 1200AD From Wiki... "Although a relatively small village in modern times, Trellech was once one of the largest cities in Wales. Originally established as a settlement for the exploitation of local supplies of iron ore and charcoal...
Trimontium, Roman Britain, 100AD
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Trimontium, Roman Britain, Eildon Hills, 100AD From Wikipedia... "Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple pea...
Trowulan, Indonesia, 1479 AD
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Trowulan, Indonesia, 1479 AD The city ruins of Trowulan can now be found on the island of Java, Indonesia. Trowulan was the capital city of the Majapahit empire, from 1293AD to 1478AD. Built between two major rives connected by a series of man-made canals....
Tylis, Bulgaria, 210 BC
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Tylis, Bulgaria, 210 BC Existence: 65 Years, From 277 til 212 BC Belonged to: Celts Abandoned: War Tylis was the capital of a short-lived Celtic kingdom mentioned by Polybius that was founded by the Celtic leader, Comontorius, in the 3rd century BC. Follow...
Ubar - Iram of the Pillars, Oman
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Ubar - Iram of the Pillars, Oman Iram of the Pillars, also called "Ubar", or the "City of the pillars", is considered a lost city, region or tribe mentioned in the Quran. The oldest mention of the city of Iram was found in the Ebla tablets, dated from c. 2...
Ugarit, Syria, 1184BC
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Ugarit, Syria, 1184BC Wiki says... "Ugarit was an ancient port city in northern Syria, in the outskirts of modern Latakia, discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts. Its ruins are often called Ras Shamra after the headland where they ...
Umma, Sumer, 2000BC
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Umma, Sumer, 2000BC From Wikipedia... "Umma, in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. Best known for its long frontier conflict with Lagash, as reported circa 2400 BC by Entemena, the city reached its zenith c. 2350 BC, under the r...
Ur, Sumer, Iraq 2500BC
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Ancient Ur, Sumer, Iraq 2500BC From Wikipedia... "Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern "Tell el-Muqayyar" (Arabic: تل ٱلْمُقَيَّر) in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal ...
Uruk, Sumer, Iraq, 3500BC
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Ancient Uruk, Mesopotamia, Iraq, 3500BC From Wikipedia... "Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer situated east of the Euphrates River. Uruk played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid-4th millennium BC. B...
Utica, Roman Africa, 399AD
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Utica, Tunisia, Roman Africa, 399AD What was once known as the Bay of Utica no longer exists, having silted up long ago, and the city ruins of Utica now sit 10km from the sea. This map represents the land when the city was still on the coastline. Wikipedia...
Velletri, Italy
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Velletri, Italy Velletri was an ancient city of the Volsci tribe. Legendarily it came into conflict with the Romans during the reign of Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome; then again in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, during the early Roman Republi...
Viroconium, Roman Britain, 720AD
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Viroconium, England, 720AD Existence: Around 600 Years, From 50 AD til 650 AD Belonged to: Rome, Kingdom of Powys Abandoned: Plague Viroconium was first established in the early years of the Roman conquest of Britain as a frontier post for a cohort of Thra...
Vijayanagara, India, 1566AD
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Vijayanagara, India, 1566AD Vijayanagara (City of Victory) was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. A part of Vijayanagara ruins known as Hampi has been designated as a UNESCO world heritage s...
Vindolanda, Roman Britain, 399AD
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Vindolanda, Roman Britain, 399AD Wikipedia says... "Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD, it guarded t...
Volubilis, Morocco, 1100 AD
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Existence: Unknown Belonged to: Berbers, Carthage, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic Caliphates Abandoned: Economic Collapse Volubilis was an ancient Berber-Roman city, the ruins of which can now found in present-day Morocco. Built on a shallow slope below the Zerh...
Xanadu 上都, China, 1369AD
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Xanadu, China, 1369AD Wiki says... "Xanadu, also known as Shangdu ('Upper Capital'), was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai decided to move his throne Beijing. Xanadu is located in the present-day Inner Mongolia. In June 2012, it...
Xiadu 下都, China, 220BC
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Xiadu, China, 220BC Existence: Around 300 Years, From 520 til 222 BC Belonged to: Zhou, Yan Abandoned: War Xiadu was one of the capitals of Yan during the Warring States period of ancient China. It is thought that at its peak around 350BC, Xiadu was the la...
Xochicalco, Mexico, 900AD
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Existence: 1100 Years, From 200 BC til 900 AD Belonged to: Maya Abandoned: War Xochicalco is a site of ancient city ruins in present-day Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the house of Flowers". The main ceremonial center is...
Ys, France, 400AD
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Ys, France, 400AD le Wikipedia words go... "Ys, also known as Kêr-Is in Breton, is a lost city on the coast of Brittany that was swallowed up by the ocean. Over time the story of Ys has entered into mythology. The city was built on an island, and was descr...
ZhaoGe 朝歌, China, 205 BC
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Existence: Around 1300 years, from 1500 BC til 210 BC Belonged to: Shang Dynasty, State of Wey Abandoned: War Zhaoge (Chinese: 朝歌;) was the last of a series of cities that served as capital of the Shang dynasty, and later capital of State of Wey. It is loc...
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