Lost cities and towns

Palmyra (, ; ; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BCE. Palmyra changed hands on a number of occasions between different empires before becoming a subject of the Roman Empire in the first century CE.

Mohenjo-daro (; ; ) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Built , it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilisations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoa, and Norte Chico.

Harappa () is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal, that takes its name from a modern village near the former course of the Ravi River. The Ravi now runs to the north.

former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, US (1585–1590)

the capital of the Neo-Inca State

historical human settlement that was abandoned and whose location was partially or completely forgotton

Tarḫuntašša ( and : ) was a Bronze Age city in south-central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) mentioned in contemporary documents. Its location is unknown. The city was the capital of the Hittite Empire for a time and later became a regional power in its own right. The kingdom controlled by the city is known by the same name and its approximate borders are known from texts.

fort in Florida managed by the National Park Service

lost village and culture on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

Takedda was a town and former kingdom located in present-day Niger. The archaeological site at Azelik wan Birni is believed to be the ruins of ancient Takedda.

Pereyaslavets (East Slavic: ) or Preslavets () was a trade city located near mouths of the Danube. The city's name is derived from that of the Bulgarian capital of the time, Preslav, and means Little Preslav (). In Greek it was also known as Presthlavitza (). Several theories exist regarding the exact location of the city: either at Preslav or in its vicinity in Bulgaria, or at Isaccea, Nufăru, Murighiol or Jurilovca in Romania.

Destinikon (), rendered also as Destinik and in Serbian as Dostinik () or Dostinika (Достиника), was one of eight inhabited cities (καστρα/kastra) of "baptized Serbia" (the hinterland of the Serbian Principality), mentioned in De Administrando Imperio (950s, abbr. DAI). The city's name probably derives from Greek or Latin (Ad Stenes).

fortified palace-city in Córdoba, Spain

human settlement

thumb|right|Africa Proconsularis (125 AD)Vassinassa was an ancient Roman–Berber city in the province of Byzacena. The exact location of the town is not known for certain, but it was in northern Tunisia.

thumb|250px|Surroundings of the St. Henry's Chapel, assumed location of Teljä.

archaeological site in Malaysia

titular see in Tunisia