Tag: abandoned places
Germa – Capital of the Saharan Kingdom of the Sands
Germa is the capital of the Garamantes Kingdom, an ancient civilisation located in the Fezzan region of the Sahara Desert in present-day Libya.
Khara-Khoto – The Black City
Khara-Khoto, also called Khar khot (meaning “black city” in Mongolian) is a ruined fortified city near the Juyan Lake Basin in the far west of Inner Mongolia, China.
Volcanic Eruption Led to the Abandonment of Ancient Egyptian City
Archaeologists conducting excavations of the fortified Ancient Egyptian city of Berenike suggest that drought caused by volcanic eruption led to the city’s abandonment.
Çatalhöyük – The Prehistoric Proto City
Çatalhöyük is an ancient proto city from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, located on the edge of the Konya Plain near the present-day city of Konya in Turkey.
Führerbunker – Hitler’s Last Bunker
The Führerbunker was a subterranean bunker complex in Berlin, Germany, that served as Hitler's final Führer Headquarters in the last months of the Second World War.
The West Norwood Catacombs
The West Norwood Catacombs is a network of subterranean vaults and passages for the burial of human remains beneath West Norwood Cemetery, in London, England.