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The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships, and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders, and modern refugees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the many cities that dot this ancient coastline, Tyre, Carthage, Syracuse, Ravenna, and Antioch are among the oldest and most intriguing. All are beautifully situated, and for layers of history and cultural riches, they are rivalled only by their sister cities of Rome, Istanbul, and Jerusalem. Yet their fates have been remarkably different. Once major power centres, all five have declined into relative obscurity. Nevertheless, their entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, Nebuchadnezzar, Archimedes, and the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Norman conquests, and their greatness still lingers for those who seek it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo bring these mysterious lost capitals to life, historian Katherine Pangonis sets out on a voyage from the dawn of civilisation on the Lebanese coast to a modern-day Turkey wracked by the devastation of the 2023 earthquake. 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