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Ancient "lost city" of the Khmer Empire uncovered in Cambodia @ 2019-10-19T16: Back Hot News
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MAHENDRAPARVATA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CAPITALS IN THE KHMER EMPIRE, WHICH LASTED FROM THE 9TH TO 15TH CENTURIES AD, BUT MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW COME FROM INSCRIPTIONS RECOVERED FROM OTHER SITES. SCIENTISTS THEORIZED THAT THE CITY WAS LOCATED ON THE PHNOM KULEN PLATEAU, ABOUT 48 KILOMETERS (ABOUT 30 MILES) NORTH OF SIEM REAP, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND EVIDENCE. THE PLATEAU WAS REMOTE, INACCESSIBLE, COVERED WITH VEGETATION, AND POTENTIALLY HOME TO LANDMINES INSTALLED BY THE KHMER ROUGE REGIME IN THE 1970S.
THE LIDAR SURVEY ALSO INDICATED THAT AN AMBITIOUS ENGINEERING PROJECT TO BUILD A SOPHISTICATED WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS LEFT UNCOMPLETED. ACCORDING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS, THE UNFINISHED ENGINEERING WORK COULD HINT AT WHY THE CITY MAY NOT HAVE LASTED LONG AS THE KHMER POWER CENTER. HOWEVER, THEY NOTE THAT THE RESERVOIR BUILT AT MAHENDRAPARVATA MAY HAVE INSPIRED THE ARTIFICIAL LAKES THAT WERE CENTRAL TO THE DESIGN OF ANGKOR WAT.
WORLD NEWSMYTHICAL "LOST CITY OF GODS" DISCOVERED IN DENSE CAMBODIAN JUNGLEA LOST CITY THAT EXPERTS HAVE SPENT YEARS SEARCHING FOR HAS BEEN UNCOVERED IN A JUNGLE IN CAMBODIA
NEXT STORYARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE LOCATED AN ANCIENT CITY HIDDEN IN THE CAMBODIAN JUNGLE. THE DISCOVERY WAS 150 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

 

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