article_snippet: MailOnline Travel has compiled a list of 10 must-visit 'lost cities,' guaranteed to satisfy everyone from history buffs to backpackers.
article_snippet: The site is believed to date back to about 800 AD, which is over 600 years earlier than the world's most famous lost city to which many comparisons have been drawn.
article_snippet: The impressive monuments, ancient urban plans and large water reservoirs, as well as evidence of centuries-old communication routes, are all located in the Siem Riep Province and are indicative of an exceptional civilization.
article_snippet: The historical city, located in the Ma'an governorate, is famous for The historical city, located in the Ma'an governorate architecture, carved into the red sandstone rock, as well as for The historical city, located in the Ma'an governorate ancient water conduit system.
article_snippet: Today, the ghostly ruins, which include an amphitheatre and a port, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in Arabia, drawing 2.5 million guests each year.
article_snippet: Once a walled city with more than 100,000 residents, in the centuries that followed, the region was conquered many times .
article_snippet: Once a walled city with more than 100,000 residents, in the centuries that followed, the region was conquered many times - by everyone from Ottoman Turks to Russians - and was completely abandoned by the 1700s.
article_snippet: One of the 1700s most famous monuments is the Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins, which was thought to be built between 1000 and 1200 AD.