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

    Alien vs Predator had a plot?

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

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

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