ARCHAEOLOGY Lost City Found in Cambodian Jungles
Lost City Found in Cambodian Jungles
A lost city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cam¬bodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using airborne laser technology, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on June 15, 2013 in a world exclusive.
Over two dozen temple sites have been discovered on the site, which is thought to have been built around 802 AD when the Angor Empire was founded.
It is believed to be the lost city of Mahendraparvata, located on a misty mountain called Phnom Kulen deep in the hinterland of Cambodia.
It was thought to be built 350 years before the famed Angor Wat A journalist and photographer from the newspaper accompanied the expedition, led by a French- born archaeologist, through the landmine-strewn jungle in the Siem Reap region where Angkor Wat is located.
Jean-Baptiste Chevance, director of the Archaeology and Development Foundation in London who led the expedition, told the newspaper it was known from ancient scriptures that a great warrior, Jayavarman II, had a mountain capital, “but we didn’t know how all the dots fitted, exactly how it all came together.”
The expedition used an instrument called Lidar-light detection and ranging data-which was strapped to a helicopter that crisscrossed the area.
Over two dozen temple sites have been discovered on the site, which is thought to have been built around 802 AD when the Angor Empire was founded.
It is believed to be the lost city of Mahendraparvata, located on a misty mountain called Phnom Kulen deep in the hinterland of Cambodia.
It was thought to be built 350 years before the famed Angor Wat A journalist and photographer from the newspaper accompanied the expedition, led by a French- born archaeologist, through the landmine-strewn jungle in the Siem Reap region where Angkor Wat is located.
Jean-Baptiste Chevance, director of the Archaeology and Development Foundation in London who led the expedition, told the newspaper it was known from ancient scriptures that a great warrior, Jayavarman II, had a mountain capital, “but we didn’t know how all the dots fitted, exactly how it all came together.”
The expedition used an instrument called Lidar-light detection and ranging data-which was strapped to a helicopter that crisscrossed the area.
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