10 most famous lost cities of the world

Pompeii and Herculaneum (Italy)

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Machu Picchu (Peru)

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Petra (Jordan)

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Angkor (Cambodia)

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Atlantis (Mythical)

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Troy (Turkey)

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Mohenjo-Daro (Pakistan)

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Heracleion (Egypt)

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Palenque (Mexico)

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Great Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)

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