Lost Cities

Atlantis The legend of Atlantis dates back to 360 BC, when the Greek philosopher Plato first described it. He said it was an advanced nation whose people lived on beautiful islands. According to Plato, Atlantis sank into the ocean in a single day and night of misfortune. People have searched for the city for thousands of years, but it remains lost.

亚特兰蒂斯 亚特兰蒂斯的传说可以追溯到公元前360年，由希腊哲学家柏拉图首次描述了这座城市。 柏拉图说，亚特兰蒂斯是一个发达的城邦，人们生活在风景秀美的岛屿上。 根据柏拉图的记载，亚特兰蒂斯在一天一夜的天灾中沉入了大海。 数千年来人们一直在寻找这座城市，可它至今仍下落不明。

Lost cities are human settlements that became nearly or completely uninhabited. The locations of many of these places have been forgotten. However, these cities have interested people since before Plato wrote about Atlantis, and they continue to spark people's imaginations today. They offer a look into our own ancient past and the promise of new secrets to discover. Atlantis may still hide beneath the ocean waves, but other cities have been found and explored.

失落之城指的是原本有人类定居，后来变得几乎或完全荒无人烟的人类聚落。 许多这类古城的具体位置早已被人们遗忘。 不过早在柏拉图记录亚特兰蒂斯之前，这些古城就勾起了人们的好奇心，直到今天它们依旧能激发人们的想象力。 它们能让我们一窥远古过往，还有望让我们发掘出全新的秘密。 亚特兰蒂斯或许至今还藏在海浪之下，但其他失落之城已经被人们找到、勘探过了。

The Lost City in the Mountains Machu Picchu, Peru High in the Andes Mountains sits Machu Picchu. Only around 1 ,000 people inhabited the lost city of the Incas from roughly AD 1450 to 1572. The Incas had no system of riding, so no one is sure what the city was used for or why the people left. Archaeologists still debate whether it was a regular village, a home for the ruler's family, or a religious sanctuary. The Incas constructed the large buildings, walls, ramps, and more than 700 terraces without using iron, steel, or wheels. Many local people knew about Machu Picchu, but the city only came to the attention of the world in 1911. A local guide led Hiram Bingham, an American explorer, to the site.

山中失落之城 秘鲁马丘比丘 马丘比丘坐落在安第斯山脉的高山之上。 大约在公元1450年到1572年间，这座印加失落之城只有约一千名居民。 印加人没有文字记录体系，所以没人确定这座城市的用途，也不知道人们为什么离开这里。 考古学家至今还在争论，它到底是普通村落、统治者的家族居所，还是宗教圣地。 印加人建造大型建筑、城墙、坡道，还有七百多级梯田时，没有使用铁、钢，也没有用到轮子。 许多当地人早就知道马丘比丘的存在，但这座城市直到1911年才受到全世界的关注。 一位当地向导带领美国探险家海勒姆·宾厄姆来到了这片遗址。

The city lost under ash. Pompeii, Italy. In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted for two days, burying the city of Pompeii under 20 feet, six meters of ash. The city remained covered for almost 1 ,700 years before its discovery in 1748. The archaeologists' discoveries amazed people around the world. The layers of ash preserved the city, providing a window into how people lived during the

被火山灰掩埋的失落之城。 意大利 庞贝。 公元79年，维苏威火山喷发了两天，庞贝城被埋在20英尺（也就是6米）厚的火山灰之下。 这座城市被掩埋了近1700年，直到1748年才被发现。 考古学家的发现震惊了全世界的人们。 层层火山灰将这座城市保存下来，为我们打开了一扇窗，得以了解那个时代人们的

paintings, shops, and all the bits and pieces of people's daily lives remained untouched. The ash even formed casts around the bodies of those who once lived in Pompeii. Since its discovery, only about two -thirds of the city has been uncovered, so archaeologists have many more years of work ahead.

绘画、商铺，还有人们日常生活的方方面面都完好保留了下来。 火山灰甚至在曾经生活在庞贝的遇难者遗体周围形成了模壳。 自发现以来，这座城市只有大约三分之二被发掘出来，因此考古学家还有很多年的工作要做。