I can't quite fathom how ancient cities are always "buried" or "below street level". Who stopped going to certain places? Who threw dirt into old buildings? It's not explicable by natural phenomena.

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catch my drift?

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First places that come to mind are Greece and Rome. Continually occupied and not in the desert.

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