Discovering Lost Cities
- ISBN-10
- 0021926085
- ISBN-13
- 9780021926084
- Category
- Extinct cities
- Pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Author
- Andrew Whitmore
Description
"Some cities of the past no longer have people living in them. Looking at these lost cities can show us how people lived long ago." --
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