"And on the earth, in every direction, as far as the eye could reach, there spread a vast city in which there was no living thing to be seen. And all the temples, towers, palaces, pyramids, and bridges cast long, disastrous-looking shadows in the light of that withered sun. Once a great river had flowed through the city, but the water had long since vanished, and it was now only a wide ditch of grey dust.

'Look well on that which no eyes will ever see again,' said the Queen. 'Such was Charn, that great city, the city of the King of Kings, the wonder of the world, perhaps of all worlds... I have stood here when the roar of battle went up from every street and the river of Charn ran red. All in one moment one woman blotted it out for ever... I, Jadis the last Queen, but the Queen of the World.'"

-The Magician's Nephew