![]() As Annalee Newitz shows in the marvelous Four Lost Cities, an ancient city’s fate was determined by complex interactions of politics, the environment and human choices-all of which offer insight into the challenges of climate change and disease that we face today.Īlong with Angkor in Cambodia and Pompeii in Italy, Newitz’s four cities include Çatalhöyük in Turkey, the Neolithic site of one of the world’s first cities, and Cahokia, a Native American city that was located in the St. Keep that trajectory in mind if you ever visit a magnificent urban archaeological site such as Angkor Wat or Pompeii. Fifteen years later, hurricanes still threaten New Orleans, but the city certainly endures. As the city rebuilt, it changed, through both loss and revitalization. ![]() ![]() When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, thousands of people were forced to relocate. ![]()
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