Newitz’s approach is based on the idea that we can learn from the past to help us avoid similar mistakes in the future. Rather, Newtiz takes a down-to-Earth approach to the lives of ordinary people within cities, talking to many archaeologists and historians about current theories behind the destruction and abandonment of these cities. While the title suggests sensationalism, the content of the book is anything but. In their recent book, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (Norton, 2021), journalist and science fiction author Annalee Newitz explores the life and death of four cities across three continents and many millennia. From before the volcanic eruption that shattered the Cycladic Island Thera, through the destructions at the end of the Bronze Age, and beyond, we know of many cities that were destroyed or abandoned throughout and before history. Readers of Ancient World Magazine will be familiar with the idea that cities die.
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