Astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago by lost civilisation discovered underneath empty desert

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 10:25 25 May 2025 GMT+1
Published 16:09 24 May 2025 GMT+1

It could prove the legend of a mythical city

James Moorhouse

Researchers think that they have found traces of an astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago as archaeological work on a desert site continues.

Thanks to advancements in science and technology, as well as the vast planet we live on, archaeologists are regularly able to make breakthroughs in the world of history, such as the 50-year-old mystery of the owner of an Ancient Egyptian tomb that was solved recently.

It was only last month in North Macedonia that researchers made a 'once in a lifetime discovery' when they unearthed the capital city of an ancient civilisation.

And now, in a desert that was once believed to empty, archaeologists think they have found another ancient city, more than 20 years on from work first beginning on the site.

According to the Daily Mail, it was Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, current Prime Minister of Dubai, who first realised that there might be more to the Rub' al Khali empty quarter desert than first appeared, after he flew over it in 2002 and noticed dune formations and a large black deposit.

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[Walleye]

1. I have always wondered about the myth of Atlantis.