LiDAR sees city UNDER Angkor Wat? (PBS)

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The Khmer "Leper King"

(NOVA PBS Official) Premiered Jan. 28, 2026: New evidence sheds light on the remarkable life – and mysterious collapse – of the ancient Buddhist/Hindu jungle city (150+ square miles in size like Denver).

Uncover the lost secrets of a once-mighty empire. The massive capital City of Angkor [aka Yaśodharapura, City of Yasovarman I (or Yasodhara?), with more than one million inhabitants in ancient times], the seat of the great Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia for 500 years, was once the biggest city in the world.

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Khmer Empire (Wiki)

For centuries, this incredible civilization flourished, building the largest religious monument on Earth, Angkor Wat (one square kilometer wat "Angkor Temple"), and mastering urban engineering in a challenging landscape. But then it was mysteriously abandoned, swallowed by the jungle.

Now, cutting-edge technology and new discoveries are finally revealing how this astounding empire rose to global prominence – and what likely led to its devastating collapse.

Follow a scientific detective story that is challenging everything we thought we knew about this ancient Buddhist-Hindu metropolis.

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  Angkor Wat (globetrottergirls.com)

  00:00 Introduction
• 04:03 True size of Angkor Wat revealed by LiDAR
• 15:45 Engineering a massive temple on a flood plain
• 26:26 The kings of the Khmer Empire
• 35:30 Why was Angkor and Angkor Wat abandoned?
• 50:01 Conclusion

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