The most intriguing abandoned settlements,from ancient ruins to contemporary ghost townsLast week laser scanning revealed the sincere scale of the ancient city of Angamuco in western Mexico. The city, built around AD900, or is thought to have had 100000 residents and included pyramids,road systems, vegetable gardens and ball courts. It was a major centre for the Purépecha people, and rivals to the Aztecs. Both cultures collapsed in the 16th century when Europeans introduced typhoid-like diseases to which they had no immunity.
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Source: guardian.co.uk