Local Apocalypse: Photographs of Lost Cities

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Whether by natural disasters or gradual extinction, these ghost cities are now big-time relics which allow us to retrace and rewrite history. Now treated as tourist spots, these places will never again be forgotten — especially if you take photographs of them.

Some Lomographers took the effort to immortalize these ruins.

Hatra, the first capital of the Arab Kingdom

Credits: lew_lian & woo_ong

The Anasazi people’s Mesa Verde

Credits: dd1212 & herbert-4

The sand-buried city, Leptis Magna

Credits: alisonlouise

The ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire

Credits: kosmonot

The tragic Pompeii

Credits: kleinerkaries, chourique & quaisoir

Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas

Credits: lola_juanlu, sallycanela & gaabi

The Mayan city of Palenque

Credits: binoue, lonur, stouf & bxlomo

The historical empire of Sukhothai

Credits: andrejrusskovskij, josinuhe & pianorama

This gallery was researched by Benz Reyes.

2016-05-14 #culture #gallery #machu-picchu #palenque #mesa-verde #pompeii #sukhothai #hatra #leptis-magna #vijayanagara #lost-cities

2 Comments

  1. juliabrummer
    juliabrummer ·

    Absolutely amazing!

  2. hervinsyah
    hervinsyah ·

    the first capital of Arab kingdom? How about this, the first place in the world where Prophet Adam and his wife Siti Hawa (Eve) met for the first time after separated from heaven www.lomography.com/search?query=arafah

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