Lost Cities and Vanished Civilization
by Robert Silverberg
- Philadelphia Chilton company 1962
- 177 p.
Includes Index
Pompeii -- Homer's Troy -- Knossos of Crete -- Babylon -- Chichén Itzá of the Mayas -- Angkor, city in the jungle.
The author has chosen the ancient cities of Pompeii, Troy, Angkor, Knossos, Babylon and Chichén Itzá, tells what they were like in ancient times, and recounts the stories of the discoverers and scientists of modern times who unearthed them.