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Archaeologists Discover Lost City In Cambodian Jungle

Posted by timothy on from the find-the-recipe-book-for-us-please dept.

First time accepted submitter steve_mark66 writes "Australian archaeologists using remote-sensing technology have uncovered an ancient city in Cambodia that has remained hidden for more than a millennium under dense jungle undergrowth. The discovery of Mahendraparvata, a 1,200-year-old lost city that predates Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat temple complex by 350 years, was part of the Hindu-Buddhist Khmer Empire that ruled much of Southeast Asia from about 800 to 1400 A.D., during a time that coincided with Europe's Middle Ages" The Age has a story of its own, with video.

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  1. More Startling still......... by kawabago · · Score: 1, Funny

    Inside a sarcophagus at the centre of the main pyramid they found.... Jimmy Hoffa!

    1. Re:More Startling still......... by ArcadeMan · · Score: 1, Funny

      He was one of the Beatles, right?

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    2. Re:More Startling still......... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, you're thinking of Mick Jagger!

      Hoffa, I think, was killed by the Manson family back in the 80's, when they killed Sharon Stone. I think Charles Manson's daughter Marilyn is still around, I hear she's the singer in some band.

    3. Re:More Startling still......... by TrollstonButterbeans · · Score: 3, Funny

      The kids these days are really resourceful and will lookup Jimmy Hoffa on wikipedia, then watch a Jimmy Hoffa youtube vid and then berate their peers on Facebook for not knowing who Jim Hoffa is and calling their peers noobs. Kids these days ... you gotta love 'em ...

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    4. Re:More Startling still......... by cusco · · Score: 3, Funny

      Friend of mine grew up in South Chicago. He said that when Hoffa disappeared everyone in his neighborhood stopped buying sausage for a couple of weeks.

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  2. Now Hiring by fabioalcor · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are now hiring more archaeologists for the exploration. Requirements: must be able to run more than 10k meters in Temple Run.

  3. It wasn't a lost city by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    The archaeologists were using Apple Maps - turns out it was actually Phnom Penh.

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  4. Re:Hey... by bloodhawk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alien vs Predator had a plot?

  5. Re:Hey... by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it was a plot to separate you from $8.

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