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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coolkasun" data-source="post: 10544484" data-attributes="member: 123068">1. Petra, Jordan <img src="http://www.mytripolog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Petra-New-Seven-wonders-Of-The-World.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Jordan    Civilization: the Nabataeans  Inhabited: sixth century B.C.  This rose-colored city carved from cliffs garnered fame in the West  thanks to the 1980s blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. 2. Chichen Itza, Mexico<img src="http://www.chichenitza.com/images/chichenitza.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Mexico   Civilization: the Mayans  Inhabited: 600 to 1000 A.D.  Site of one of Mesoamerica's largest ball courts, this royal city is  located near a massive underground cenote, or sinkhole, where the bodies  of human sacrifices were dropped. 3. Derinkuyu Underground City, Turkey<img src="http://www.friendlyplanet.com/media/gallery/middle_east/turkey/derinkuyu-underground-city-big.jpg?title=Derinkuyu%20underground%20city" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Turkey      Civilization: possibly the Phrygians  Inhabited: Approximately eighth century B.C.to 10th century A.D.  This underground network has more than 10 floors and room for up to  50,000 people, plus livestock. It is rumored to have been a hideout for  early Christians escaping Roman persecution. 4. Machu Picchu, Peru<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aU5MbPa_O3w/TRr90d_o3QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/wCvjTd_rDWs/s1600/machu-picchu-peru_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Peru Civilization: the Incas Inhabited: 15th and 16th centuries A.D. Conquistadors carrying small pox wiped out the inhabitants of this  royal mountaintop fortress, but the Lost City of the Incas was never  actually discovered by the Spanish--in fact, it wasn't discovered until  1911.5. Angkor, Cambodia<img src="http://www.mekongcambodia.com/a101_angkor1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Cambodia   Civilization: the Khmer Empire  Inhabited: ninth century to 15th century A.D.  More than a thousand temples, including Angkor Wat, populate this  long-time Khmer capital. It declined after a successful attack by  invaders from what is now Thailand. 6. Pre-Roman Carthage, Tunisia<img src="http://oratrip.com/UserFiles/Image/00014%204%202011/city5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Tunisia       Civilization: the Phoenicians  Inhabited: 650 to 146 B.C.  Carthage was home to the Roman Empire's arch-nemesis, Hannibal. It was burned and the earth salted during the final Punic War. 7. Pompeii, Italy<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xrc6rI5xdIk/Td_VQRWUDvI/AAAAAAAADf8/kcq353wify0/s1600/Pompeii_with_Mt_Vesuvius.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Italy Civilization: the Roman Empire  Inhabited: seventh/sixth century B.C. to 79 A.D.  Pompeii was a cultural center and vacation destination for Roman high  society until it was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount  Vesuvius. Left behind are naturally ash-encased mummies. 8. Memphis, Egypt<img src="http://mannaismayaadventure.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/a101_memphis1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Egypt Civilization: the Ancient Egyptians Inhabited: third millennium B.C. to seventh century A.D.  Located at the mouth of the Nile delta, Memphis thrived for centures  as a center of trade, commerce, religion and royalty. Foreign invasions,  including one by Alexander the Great, let to its demise. 9. Teotihuacan, Mexico<img src="http://www.celebratebig.com/mexico-2/mexico-teotihuacan-calzada-de-los-muertos.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Mexico Civilization: possibly the Totonac people  Inhabited: 100 B.C. to 250 A.D.  This city, the founders of which remain a mystery, is home to some of  the largest pyramids in pre-Columbian America. It inspired several  major empires, those of the Zapotec and Mayans. 10. Mosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh<img src="http://images.forbes.com/media/2011/04/01/0401_mosque-city-bagerhat-lost-cities_485x340.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Country: Bangladesh Civilization: Khan Jahan Ali  Inhabited: 15th century A.D.  The city formerly known as Khalifatabad was founded by a Turkish  general. It boasts more than 50 Islamic monuments and the Sixty Pillar  Mosque, constructed with 60 pillars and 80 domes. </blockquote>

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