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 ...