title: Lost Worlds: Ruins of the Americas
author:  Arthur Drooker 
description: <span><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="625" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr style="height:63.75pt;"><td style="width:468.7pt;padding:0.75pt 0.75pt 0pt 0.75pt;border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none" width="625"><span><span>This stunning collection of haunting, ethereal black-and-white photographs shot with a special infrared camera that helps capture especially dramatic contrast and light.<br>- The Washington Diplomat</span></span><br /></td></tr></table></span>
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [About the Book](about_book.xhtml)
  
  
  [About the Author](about_author.xhtml)
  
  
  [Also by Graham Hancock](also_by.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](title_page.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](dedication.xhtml)
  
  
  [Epigraph](epigraph.xhtml)
  
  
  [New Introduction](introduction.xhtml)
  
  
  [Part I: **Introduction:** The Mystery of the Maps](part001.xhtml)
  
  
  [1\. A Map of Hidden Places](chapter001.xhtml)
  
  
  [2\. Rivers in the Southern Continent](chapter002.xhtml)
  
  
  [3\. Fingerprints of a Lost Science](chapter003.xhtml)
  
  
  [Part II: **Foam of the Sea** : Peru and Bolivia](part002.xhtml)
  
  
  [4\. Flight of the Condor](chapter004.xhtml)
  
  
  [5\. The Inca Trail to the Past](chapter005.xhtml)
  
  
  [6\. He Came in a Time of Chaos](chapter006.xhtml)
  
  
  [7\. Were There Giants Then?](chapter007.xhtml)
  
  
  [8\. The Lake at the Roof of the World](chapter008.xhtml)
  
  
  [9\. Once and Future King](chapter009.xhtml)
  
  
  [10\. The City at the Gate of the Sun](chapter010.xhtml)
  
  
  [11\. Intimations of Antiquity](chapter011