Famous Lost cities and cultures


	Famous Lost cities and cultures
vickybaranwal
1-17-2008 6:14 AM
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1-17-2008 7:46 AM
mickfinn
If you've never heard of it, the following is an interesting link to a city found in India in 2002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/
1-17-2008 4:55 PM
Socratoad
Great clip. Great site.

Thanks Vicky
1-17-2008 11:26 PM
raven714
Cool clip
1-18-2008 4:56 AM
Eladora
what an amazing website. Thanks vickybaranwal
1-18-2008 8:28 AM
bankebihari
cool anna..these pics reminds us that in those time there were architects who r difficult to follow even today..
1-18-2008 1:14 PM
neochonetes
Catal Huyuk
4-23-2008 12:15 PM
meancookie89
superb!
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      of Giza</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza1.jpg">
<IMG width="150" height="101" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="PyramidsGiza1.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza1_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.shunya.net/img/43625744-C40D-46C1-9337-565FA4D82CFE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Great
      Pyramid of Khufu</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza4.jpg">
<IMG width="150" height="100" border="2" xthumbnail-orig-image="PyramidsGiza4.jpg" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsGiza4_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Pyramids
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      <IMG width="93" height="140" border="2" alt="This is approximately the second half of the passage" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/GreatPyramidPassage_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Tunnel
      to the tomb</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/GreatPyramidInterior2.jpg">
      <IMG width="140" height="93" border="2" alt="The narrowest and most claustrophobic part seen from the top" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/GreatPyramidInterior2_small.jpg" /></A><P></P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Funerary
      Temple</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/HypostyleHall.jpg">
      <IMG width="140" height="92" border="2" alt="This is the hypostyle hall of the funerary temple of Chephren (Khafre)" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/HypostyleHall_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Memphis </P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis1.jpg">
      <IMG width="95" height="140" border="2" alt="All that remains of Memphis is a museum on the site of the once great city" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis1_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="26%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Ramses
      II at Memphis</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis2.jpg">
      <IMG width="94" height="140" border="2" alt="Statue of Ramses II" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/Memphis.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="25%" valign="middle" height="1" align="center"><P class="caption">Step
      pyramid of Zoser</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsSaqqaraZoser2.jpg">
      <IMG width="140" height="91" border="2" alt="A few miles from the pyramids of Giza" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/Memphis/PyramidsSaqqaraZoser2_small.jpg" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/ThebesLuxor/Luxor.htm" href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/ThebesLuxor/Luxor.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.shunya.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/ThebesLuxor/Luxor.htm"><FONT size="5"><B>Thebes and Luxor, 
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    Main entrance</P><A href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Egypt/ThebesLuxor/LuxorTemple2.jpg">
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