Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat, the Guardian can reveal, in groundbreaking discoveries that promise to upend key assumptions about south-east Asia’s history.

The Australian archaeologist Dr Damian Evans, whose findings will be published in the Journal of Archaeological Science on Monday, will announce that cutting-edge airborne laser scanning technology has revealed multiple cities between 900 and 1,400 years old beneath the tropical forest floor, some of which rival the size of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.

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Wow! New historical things to explore. Can't wait. Great work Dr Evans. Jared Diamond eluded to the decline of the Khmer empire in his stunning book "Collapse". But in the fog of my tired old brain, I can't remember what he said - guess a reread is needed.

I read about this today. Very interesting! Does anything think that this city will be made available for tourists to visit and if so do you think this would happen by end of the year?

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I read about this today. Very interesting! Does anything think that this city will be made available for tourists to visit and if so do you think this would happen by end of the year?

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Not a chance, Wellred, things move veeeeery slowly in S.E.Asia, but I agree it,s of immense interest and a must on one,s list of things to visit

At he old US Embassy in Phnom Penh (2000), there was a framed photo of Cambodia taken from the Space Shuttle, by all accounts, the Kingdom of Khmer could have spanned about 100 square miles with Ankor at the center, it was evident that four corners were large Watts (cities??)

Edited June 11, 201610 yr by TunnelRat69

I read about this today. Very interesting! Does anything think that this city will be made available for tourists to visit and if so do you think this would happen by end of the year?

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...5 months...sure....perhaps November...

...only 110km inside their country...border dispute coming up!

I agree,,, of great interest.

14 years excavation work before will be able to see anything