12:35 11.06.2016
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MOSCOW, Jun 11, -. RIA Novosti Archaeologists have discovered in Cambodia medieval town, which was not in the documents and historical references
The finds have been discovered near the Angkor Wat -. the giant Hindu temple complex on north-west of the country. To do this, the researchers used advanced LIDAR laser technology, from a helicopter scanned the terrain and designed a three-dimensional topographic model of what can be hidden under a forest area on the archaeological analysis.
These are the ruins of buildings that have been hidden from view under the ground -. The outlines of cities one of the largest empires of the 12th century
“The team of archaeologists found a whole new city with a developed water supply system, which was built hundreds of years before this technology became known in this region, we do not know who these people were and what caused them to decay, but they are clearly associated with the remaining set of the Khmer Empire temples “-. said in a video report of archaeologists, published by the newspaper Guardian.
data on the find an Australian archaeologist Dr. Damian Evans publish in the journal “Archaeological science” on Monday and present a report to the Royal geographical society in London.
The Cambodian Angkor region, which was the center of the Khmer Empire, the remains of numerous temples, including Angkor Wat, included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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