5 long-lost cities that were buried for centuries — and the surprising ways they were rediscovered

• Throughout human history, cities have been abandoned or reclaimed by nature. • Sometimes people rediscover these cities using technology or by a stroke of luck. • These five cities, buried under rock, ice, or vegetation, have resurfaced.

Humans have been building cities for centuries, but they don't always last. In some cases, nature has reclaimed them. Other times, people simply built on top of older structures.

Technology, including lidar and radar, helps uncover some lost or abandoned cities. Warming temperatures and drier conditions have caused other towns to resurface.

Others have been unearthed purely by accident.

Here are five hidden cities buried by rock, snow, or vegetation that people have rediscovered.

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