![]() ![]() Some archaeologists claimed to have found so-called lost cities covered in sand or vines, a fate ripe for adventure stories and mythology. “It’s terrifying to realize that most of humanity lives in places that are destined to die," Newitz writes. They trade across long distances, create surplus goods, and exist in a complex social hierarchy.Įvery urban center, whether it existed 9,000 years ago or thrives today, has its own unique history, writes Annalee Newitz, a science, technology, and culture journalist, in “Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age.” Yet no matter why they form or how they flourish, all cities experience the same fate: They perish. Its people create art and writing and use money and taxes. ![]() A city, as defined by Australian archeologist Vere Gordon Childe in the 1950s, is a densely populated settlement. ![]()
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