He recreated some in paintings and sketches, and created a topographical map of the lost city. It was “not ... turn out to be the remains of two cities, Gaur and Pandua. The name Gaur was ...

Henry Creighton, a Scotsman working at an indigo factory, stumbled upon the ruins more than 200 years ago. His 1817 book notes what it was like. An excerpt. The extent of the city appears, from ...

It has been a source of mystery and legends for centuries, and is home to poisonous creatures, lost cities and even a boiling river. Discovered in still-isolated parts of the jungle, the ...

In the late 18th century, Henry Creighton, a Scotsman assigned to an indigo factory in Malda, Bengal, stumbled upon the ruins of the lost city of ... the remains of two cities, Gaur and Pandua.

The extent of the city appears, from the old embankments, (which enclosed it on every side) to have been ten miles long, and from one to one and a half broad. The banks (some of which are faced ...

A team of archaeologists from Turkey, Amsterdam and Greece examine new evidence uncovered in Turkey that may shed new light on the myth of the Trojan War and the fate of the Trojan warriors.