Matera, Italy, is a Unesco World Heritage site and these ruins are thought to be the remains of the first people to settle in Italy thousands of years ago. Global attention and tourism have helped spur on preservation efforts for the area. (Source)
Surprisingly, neither is the art of constructing tall buildings, as evidenced by the city of Shibam.
Seven examples where the mystery is less about why these places were abandoned - but how there were people there in the first place.
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