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Angkor Wat Temple eastern gate. This entry point is less crowded than the front gate. Few macaque monkeys loiter the wooden gates, but are usually harmless.

Lidar Technology Latest Tool Used To Discover Hidden Cities in Cambodia

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2016
... his discovery in the Journal of Archeaological Science recently told the Christian Post archaeologists are using lidar technology – combining light detection and radar – to discover hidden cities beneath the temple built during the Khmer Empire.Evans said the technology has helped him and others understand Southeast Asian life from 900 years ago....

Hidden Medieval Cities – Latest Archaeological Discovery Found Underneath Angkor Wat Temple In Cambodia [Video]

Edit Inquisitr 20 Jun 2016
Archaeologists used lidar technology, which combines light detection and radar, to discover the hidden cities underneath the temple that was built during the Khmer Empire according to the Christian Post ... Archeologists uncover major mysteries of ancient Khmer Empir at Angkor Wat #Cambodia https.//t.co/fgzSsaBEyg pic.twitter.com/pX409yXlFn....

Mysterious Earthen Mounds Found At Angkor Wat: Vast Ancient City Networks Revealed By Lasers

Edit Inquisitr 18 Jun 2016
It was constructed in the mid 1100s by King Suryavarman II, who ruled at the height of the Khmer Empire, which was believed to have been in decline by the 15th century ... “Surface surveys and excavations of these mounds have revealed little of archaeological interest, and they remain among the most enigmatic features of Khmer landscape ......

Buried treasure

Edit The Economist 16 Jun 2016
Found beneath the forest floor near Angkor Wat using lidar (like radar, but with lasers), these cities of the Khmer Empire show complex water systems built centuries before the underlying technology was believed to have existed, as well as highways connecting major settlements ... theory that the Khmer Empire collapsed when the Siamese invaded....

Archaeologists uncovered a lost Cambodian city by flying over it with laser scanners

Edit Digital Trends 14 Jun 2016
With the special laser mounted on the underside of a helicopter, archeologists working on the project were able to compose maps revealing the massive scale of religious temples and other buildings belonging to the Khmer Empire, which was dominant in Southeast Asia from 802 AD until the 15th century. The post Archaeologists uncovered a lost Cambodian city by flying over it with laser scanners appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

The vast ancient cities hidden under Cambodia's jungle: Lasers reveal 1,400-year-old buildings of the Khmer Empire

Edit The Daily Mail 13 Jun 2016
Researchers from the University of Sydney have revealed the sheer scale of the Khmer Empire's ancient cities. More details on the project will be announced at 6.30pm BST (1.30pm ET) today ... ....

Vast Medieval Cities Discovered Under The Rainforest In Cambodia

Edit IFL Science 13 Jun 2016
The new discovery will completely turn everything we thought we knew about the Khmer empire, how it developed and flourished and subsequently collapsed, on its head ... and be swallowed up by the surrounding vegetation? Well, it seems that the defining signature of the Khmer empire, its immense hydraulic engineering program, may have been its downfall....

Lasers reveal Cambodia's ancient cities

Edit Topix 13 Jun 2016
PHNOM PENH ... While the research has been going on for several years, the new findings uncover the sheer scale of the Khmer Empire's urban sprawl and temple complexes to be significantly bigger than was previously thought ... ....

Archaeologists uncover hidden medieval cities in Cambodia

Edit The Christian Science Monitor 13 Jun 2016
Laser scans reveal multiple ......

Lasers Reveal Buildings Under Jungle

Edit Opposing Views 13 Jun 2016
Temples and sprawling city quarters were discovered underneath the jungle by the Cambodian Archeological Lidar Initiative (CALI) during a 2015 study of the area in a search for physical remains of the Khmer Empire, which ruled the territory of modern-day Cambodia from the 9th to 15th centuries....

Lasers uncover hidden secrets of Angkor cities

Edit Taipei Times 12 Jun 2016
While the research has been going on for several years, the new findings uncover the sheer scale of the Khmer Empire’s urban sprawl and temple complexes to be significantly bigger than was previously thought ... It was constructed from the early to mid-1100s by King Suryavarman II at the height of the Khmer Empire’s political and military power and was among the largest preindustrial cities in the world....

Lasers uncover hidden secrets of Cambodia's ancient cities

Edit Deccan Chronicle 12 Jun 2016
While the research has been going on for several years, the new findings uncover the sheer scale of the Khmer Empire's urban sprawl and temple complexes to be significantly bigger than was previously thought ... It was constructed from the early to mid 1100s by King Suryavarman II at the height of the Khmer Empire's political and military power and was among the largest pre-industrial cities in the world....

Revealed: vast medieval cities hidden beneath the Cambodian jungle

Edit The Guardian 11 Jun 2016
Laser technology reveals ‘lost cities’ which could have made up world’s largest empire in 12th century ... The findings are expected to challenge theories on how the Khmer empire developed, dominated the region, and declined around the 15th century, and the role of climate change and water management in that process ... He said he believed the discoveries would completely upend many assumptions about the Khmer empire....
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