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this thread is an anthropologist's dream. i can't even begin to process the myriad strata that constitute even just the city of london. people just blithely going about their day without realising or appreciating the lost city beneath them. i've got a really good book on london actually. would anyone like to do a historical sites ride soon? has that already been done?
anyway - i shouldn't hijack the thread and make it so london-centric, ha. the pictures above of the sri lankan rock fortress remind me of the Emishi people of C16th Japan who were forced to flee and build fortress settlements up in the mountains. i wish i could find pictures, i know the physical layout of the municipality interests you perhaps more than the social history oliver!
i also recently saw this account of underwater ruins off the coast of Okinawa. how amazing would it be to see that in the flesh!
finally since the title encompasses "lost cities" i don't think it's too tangential to drop Agartha into the discussion... i doubt it'll fly with many here though (pics or it didn't happen, etc)