num_pages: 144
description: Like humans cities are mortal. They are born they thrive and they eventually die. In Atlas of Lost Cities Aude de Tocqueville tells the compelling narrative of the rise and fall of such notable places as Pompeii Teotihuacn and Angkor. She also details the less well known places including Centralia an abandoned Pennsylvania town consumed by unquenchable underground fire; Nova Citas de Kilamba in Angola where housing schools and stores were built for 500000 people who never came; and Epecuen a tourist town in Argentina that was swallowed up by water. Beautiful original artwork shows the location of the lost cities and depicts how they looked when they thrived.
language: English
title: Atlas of Lost Cities: A Travel Guide to Abandoned and Forsaken Destinations
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal