lost city
Forgotten ancient settlement
A lost city is an ancient settlement whose location has been forgotten, often buried or overgrown, awaiting rediscovery: Machu Picchu was a lost city until 1911.
The phrase evokes mystery and adventure—explorers hacking through jungle to find ruins.
Figuratively, any place that has declined dramatically from former glory: Detroit as America's lost city.
- AtlantisMythical sunken island
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- hidden templeConcealed place of worship
- ancient ruinsDecayed structures from antiquity
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
jungle · jungle expedition · El Dorado · artifact · archaeological dig · dust · Petra · explorer · treasure map · Angkor Wat · excavation · treasure · Machu Picchu · hidden riches · expedition · stone · tomb · buried
- adventure themestreasure hunt, jungle expedition, secret map, hidden cave, enchanted forest
- traveller's taleexotic lands, sea voyage, shipwreck, narrow escape, hidden treasure
- underwaterunderwater, submerged, immersed, sea bed, seabed
- action-adventurecombat, exploration, treasure, quest, hero
- exotic adventuresjungle adventure, ocean voyage, treasure hunt, ancient ruins, shipwreck story
- fantasy locationsenchanted forest, dragon lair, floating islands, castle, wizard tower