Download or read book Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations written by Robert Silverberg and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has chosen the ancient cities of Pompeii, Troy, Angkor, Knossos, Babylon and Chichén Itzá, tells what they were like in ancient times, and recounts the stories of the discoverers and scientists of modern times who unearthed them.