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  2. Timgad - Wikipedia

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    Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmqād, known as Marciana Traiana Thamugadi) was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi .

  3. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    The Cultural Triangle Project, launched by the Government of Sri Lanka, focused its attention on Sigiriya in 1982. Archaeological work began on the entire city for the first time under this project. There was a sculpted lion's head above the legs and paws flanking the entrance, but the head collapsed years ago.

  4. Category:Former populated places in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    This category is for settlements within Sri Lanka that have been abandoned through human or natural causes. Reoccupation may have subsequently taken place. Reoccupation may have subsequently taken place.

  5. List of ghost towns by country - Wikipedia

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    Eureka City is an abandoned mining town in Mpumalanga. It is now a historical site. Diepgezet is an abandoned asbestos mining town in Mpumalanga. It was transferred to tribal land and renamed to Msauli. Leydsdorp is an abandoned mining town near Tzaneen in Limpopo province. [12] Millwood is an abandoned mining town near Knysna. [13]

  6. The World Bank Group's Uncounted - The Huffington Post

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    The World Bank Group is the globe’s most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people. Read more »

  7. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    The World Bank Group is the globe’s most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people. Read more »

  8. Haldummulla - Wikipedia

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    The Soragune Devalaya is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Kataragama deviyo.It was constructed by a provincial ruler of the area, in 1582, who was seeking the blessing/protection of Kataragama, while he was away from the province.

  9. Nasa scans reveal abandoned city buried under ice in Greenland

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    The abandoned city is a military base called Camp Century, built in 1959 by cutting a web of tunnels under a near-surface layer of the Greenland ice sheet. Abandoned in 1967, snow and ice have ...