Pamatan is the name of an undiscovered city on

Lombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is rou ...

Island in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and the capital of the Lombok kingdom. The city was destroyed by the

1257 Samalas eruption In 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at the Samalas volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The event had a probable Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, making it one of the largest volcanic eruptions during the current Holocene epoch. It ...

and while the royal family and its king reportedly survived the city disappeared from history; if it were to be rediscovered it might become a "

Pompeii Pompeii (, ) was an ancient city located in what is now the ''comune'' of Pompei near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried ...

of the East" and offer clues on how societies respond to volcanic catastrophes.

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* {{cite journal , last1=Gottowik , first1=Volker , title=8 In Search of Holy Water: Hindu Pilgrimage to Gunung Rinjani on Lombok, Indonesia, as a Multi-religious Site , journal=Religion, Place and Modernity , date=1 January 2016 , pages=205–243 , doi=10.1163/9789004320239_009 , url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004320239/B9789004320239_009.xml , language=en, isbn=9789004320239 Lost ancient cities and towns Former populated places in Indonesia Historic sites in Indonesia