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Ciudad Perdida

Also known as Teyuna

Ciudad Perdida ('Lost City'), known to the Indigenous peoples as Teyuna, is an archaeological site in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Founded around 800 CE, it was a major Tairona town with about 170 stone terraces linked by stairways and paved paths. Abandoned during the Spanish conquest, it was found by looters in 1972, excavated by archaeologists from 1976, and is now reached by a trek of several days.

Ciudad Perdida
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ciudad Perdida. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ciudad-perdida
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“Ciudad Perdida.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ciudad-perdida. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Ciudad Perdida.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ciudad-perdida.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ciudad Perdida’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ciudad-perdida (Accessed: ).

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