Lost city (disambiguation)
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In the popular imagination, a lost city
Lost city
A "Lost City" is a term that is generally considered to refer to a well-populated area which fell into terminal decline, became extensively or completely uninhabited, and whose location has been forgotten. Some lost cities whose locations have been rediscovered have been studied extensively by...

is a real, once prosperous and well-populated area of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost.

Lost City may also refer to:
  • Lost City (hydrothermal field)
    Lost City (hydrothermal field)
    Lost City is a field of hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic ocean that differ significantly from the black smoker vents found in the late 1970s. The vents were discovered in December 2000 during a National Science Foundation expedition to the mid-Atlantic. A second expedition mounted in 2003...

    , a field of hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic Ocean
  • "Lost City" (Stargate SG-1)
    Lost City (Stargate SG-1)
    "Lost City" is the two-part finale to the seventh season of the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1. It was originally intended to be a second Stargate film, and was then to be the show's absolute finale, and finally ended up being the seventh season finale after the series was renewed...

    , a two-part episode of the television series Stargate SG-1


Lost Cities may also refer to:
  • Lost Cities
    Lost Cities
    Lost Cities is a 60-card card game, designed in 1999 by game designer Reiner Knizia and published by several publishers. The objective of the game is to mount profitable expeditions to one or more of the five lost cities...

    , a card game published by both Kosmos and Rio Grande Games
  • Lost Cities (video game)
    Lost Cities (video game)
    Lost Cities is the Xbox Live Arcade version of the popular card game of the same name by game designer Reiner Knizia, published by Sierra Online...

     an Xbox 360 game planned for release in 2008 and based on the card game
  • The Lost Cities: A Drift House Voyage, children's novel by Dale Peck


The Lost City may refer to:
  • The Lost City (2005 film)
    The Lost City (2005 film)
    The Lost City is a 2005 American drama film directed by Andy García. It stars Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Ines Sastre, and Bill Murray.-Plot:...

    , a film about the owner of a Havana nightclub in 1958 directed by Andy Garcia
  • The Lost City (1935 serial)
    The Lost City (1935 serial)
    The Lost City is an independently made film serial produced in 1935 directed by Harry Revier.-Plot:The film took the premise of that year's The Phantom Empire but transferred the lost civilization motif from the west to another popular serial locale, the African jungle...

    , two science fiction films directed by Harry Revier and starring Kane Richmond
  • The Lost City (Dungeons & Dragons) - an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game


In places:
  • Lost City, California
    Lost City, California
    Lost City is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, from Angels Camp along Bear Creek. It lies at an elevation of 1053 feet ....

    , in Calaveras County
  • Lost City, Oklahoma
    Lost City, Oklahoma
    Lost City is a census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 809 at the 2000 census. It was the site of the first meteorite fall in the US to be recorded by a camera network.-Geography:...

    , the landing site of the Lost City Meteorite
  • Lost City, West Virginia
    Lost City, West Virginia
    Lost City is an unincorporated town on the Lost River in eastern Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Lost City is centered at the intersection of West Virginia routes 59 and 259. The town was originally known as Cover....

  • Ciudad Perdida
    Ciudad Perdida
    Ciudad Perdida is the archaeological site of an ancient city in Sierra Nevada, Colombia. It is believed to have been founded about 800 AD, some 650 years earlier than Machu Picchu...

    , a Lost City on the Caribbean coast of Colombia
  • Pueblo Grande de Nevada
    Pueblo Grande de Nevada
    Pueblo Grande de Nevada, , a complex of villages located near Overton, Nevada and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Native american History:...

    , Nevada's "Lost City", a complex of villages, located near Overton, Nevada
  • The Palace of the Lost City, a luxury holiday resort near the Sun City
    Sun City, North West
    Sun City is a luxury casino and resort, situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It is located about two hours' drive from Johannesburg, near the city of Rustenburg. The complex borders the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.- History :...

     casino and resort in the North West Province of South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

  • Atlantis
    Atlantis
    Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....

    , a legendary Lost city

See also

  • Lost city (fiction)
    Lost city (fiction)
    In the popular imagination lost cities are real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that have fallen into terminal decline and been lost to history. Most real lost cities are of ancient origins, and have been studied extensively by archaeologists...

     for a list of fictional lost cities

:Category:Lost cities and towns
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