Founded, furnished and eventually forgotten – this has been the fate of many cities since ancient times. A few names have stayed alive in legend and literature while others disappeared completely – ...

Coronado’s expedition was unable to find the Seven Cities of Gold. Yet his men explored a vast expanse of the American ...

From sunken temples to desert ghost towns, lost cities are windows into human history, resilience, and fragility. These places vanished due to war, disasters, climate shifts, or economic collapse, ...

Humans have been building cities for centuries, but they don't always last. In some cases, nature has reclaimed them. Other times, people simply built on top of older structures. Technology, including ...

Dr. Albert Lin embarks on a high-tech adventure to revolutionize archaeology, utilizing ground-penetrating radar, LiDar and ...

These lost cities are providing clues to how our ancestors existed in the world. Once powerful and populous centers of influence, these cities are now classed as ruins. All lost, one way or another, ...

COLORADO, USA — Once there, now gone. There are places in Colorado that were once thriving communities, until they disappeared or changed for many different reasons. They are Colorado’s lost places.

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...