Editing Lost city (section)

=== Africa ===
==== Rediscovered ====
===== Egypt =====
* [[Akhetaten]] – capital during the reign of 18th Dynasty [[pharaoh]] [[Akhenaten]]. Later abandoned, almost totally destroyed. Modern day [[Amarna]].
* [[Avaris]] – capital city of the [[Hyksos]] in the [[Nile Delta]].
* [[Canopus, Egypt|Canopus]] – located on the now-dry Canopic branch of the [[Nile]], east of [[Alexandria]].
* [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] – administrative capital of ancient Egypt. Little remains. Now a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].
* [[Pi-Ramesses]] – imperial city of Rameses the Great, now thought to exist beneath Qantir
* [[Tanis]] – capital during the 21st and 22nd Dynasties, in the Delta region.

===== Maghreb ===== 
* [[Carthage]] – initially a [[Phoenicia]]n city in [[Tunisia]], destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome. Later served as the capital of the [[Vandal Kingdom]] of North Africa, before being destroyed by the Arabs after its capture in 697 CE. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* [[Dougga]], [[Tunisia]] – Roman city located in present-day Tunisia. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* [[Leptis Magna]] – [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] city located in present-day [[Libya]]. It was the birthplace of Emperor [[Septimius Severus]], who lavished an extensive public works program on the city, including diverting the course of a nearby river. The river later returned to its original course, burying much of the city in silt and sand. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* [[Timgad]], [[Algeria]] – Roman city founded by the emperor Trajan around 100 CE, covered by sand in the 7th century. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* [[Aoudaghost]], [[Mauritania]] – wealthy [[Berber people|Berber]] city in [[Ghana Empire|medieval Ghana]].

===== Horn of Africa =====
* [[Adulis]], [[Eritrea]] – a port city of the Aksumite kingdom built between 500 and 300 BC.
* [[Qohaito]], [[Eritrea]] – 1000 BC city of the [[Kingdom of Axum]].
* [[Metera]], [[Eritrea]] – 800 BC lost town.
* [[Keskese]], [[Eritrea]] – 700 BC lost city.
* [[Hubat]], [[Ethiopia]] – capital of [[Harla Kingdom]]

===== Subsaharan Africa =====
* [[Great Zimbabwe]] – built between the 11th and the 14th century, this city is the namesake of modern-day [[Zimbabwe]]. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
* [[Niani, Guinea|Niani]], [[Guinea]] – lost capital of the [[Mali Empire]]

==== Uncertain or disputed ====
* [[Lost City of the Kalahari]] – possibly invented

==== Undiscovered ====
* [[Itjtawy]], [[Egypt]] – capital during the 12th Dynasty. Exact location still unknown, but it is believed to lie near the modern town of [[el-Lisht]].
* [[Thinis]], [[Egypt]] – undiscovered city and centre of the [[Thinite Confederacy]], the leader of which, [[Menes]], united [[Upper and Lower Egypt]] and was the first [[pharaoh]].
* [[Kubar]], [[Ethiopia]] – a lost major city of the [[Kingdom of Aksum]]
* [[Dakkar]], [[Ethiopia]] – capital of the [[Adal Sultanate]]