7 Lost Cities (that could still be found)

The most intriguing lost cities of the classical world...

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Chapters:
0:00 Formerly lost cities
2:30 Ekster
3:32 Suburbs of Pompeii
5:01 Tripergole
5:45 Helike and other drowned cities
6:44 Tigranocerta
7:12 Ptolemais Theron and Muziris

[anonymous]

Can you imagine finding an ancient Byzantine underground city while investigating a weird hole in your basement

[Summarcheo]

As an archeology student, stuff like this is what makes me push forward, even though reality will probably be finding pottery shards 😂😂

[MuchPurple]

In 2008 I travelled to India and we spent a lot of time near the southwestern tip where the Romans and orhers came to trade. I was fascinated by this, because though Ive been an ancient history buff for many years I didn't know about it. There were Christians and Jews living there in ancient times.

[williambeckett]

I'm surprised Akkad the capitol of Sargon's Akkadian empire wasn't mentioned. Despite numerous records about it including a fairly detailed location description it has never been found.

[soadfe]

1:42 thats got to be the coolest, most exciting unexpected discovery you could make in your own home. It's an almost dream-like notion.

[rogerc]

In earthquakes landslides can easily block rivers, causing lakes that destroy towns.
Worth diving every lake.

[daveweiss]

"Only silence, and the stones remain..." you sir are a poet.

[BlaBla-pfmf]

Much of Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria is under the sea. A potential interesting find would be the capital settlement of the Huns under Atilla somewhere in Pannonia.

[RubenKelevra]

1:50 Imagine going into your cellar drilling a hole to screw a shelve to the wall and finding an ancient lost underground city with 18 levels for 20'000 people 😂

[alejandroojeda]

Another one that's kind of fascinating is old sarai, the capital of the golden horde. It was a HUGE city and it only dissapeared relatively recently. Despite that the city has never been definitely located.

Straddling more into semimythological territory, the city of tratessos, said to be somewhere in southwestern iberia, has never been found. That is despite the many attempts at locating it.

These two cities actually have something in common which makes their search very hard. They were fluvial cities in shallow terrain close to a significant river delta. As such, both ruins have likely long been buried by sediment.

[t.vanoosterhout]

I seem to remember that a slew of lost cities were found under the canopy of the jungle of the Yucatan peninsula.... Even though that's in the Americas, I think it still counts. Btw, I marvel at your ability to find sponsors for your vids, and I usually find even your self-made advertising quite amusing.

[HeloEarthling]

Idk how this channel popped up out of nowhere but I'm glad it did. Good stuff.

[Ethan_Frost]

It’s terrifying that an entire city could just get forgotten, even without a major desaster or anything…

[robk]

Can't you please make longer videos?!! It so good! If you subscribe to the concept of "leave them wanting more", you've succeeded!

[jeffersonkee]

I believe more ancient cities hidden by rainforests in Central America will be found.

[sarahd]

Hello! Do you think you could make a video on ancient sleeping habits?! I love watching your videos as I fall asleep, as I find them calm and fascinating. ❤

[Plasmacore_V]

400, 000 pounds of silver is about $140, 000, 000 dollars. That's some top tier looting.

[Chellebelle]

Fascinating. This is the kind of information that made me fall in love with history. Your videos are very well made and interesting. The only fault I can find is that the end surprises me and arrives too soon! lol. Thank you, great video!! I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve only just discovered your channel, and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks!

[TattooedTraveler]

Awesome bro, thanks for the idea, time to start looking

[walterht]

A lost city that could very probably be found but isn't because it isn't safe, is Washukanni, the capital of Mitanni, a bronze age Mesopotamian superpower of Hurrian language with indo-aryan elites. Archeologists know the general area where it is located, and have identified some big mounds that may be it or another lost city, but it would be located in current Kurdish controlled separatist region of Syria. Too problematic to excavate. It's also pretty much on the border between Turkey and Syria, in a kurdish majority region.