Archaeologists believe that the discovery of lost cities allows a better understanding of the history of medieval Cambodia.
The study site near Angkor Wat in Cambodia has revealed the city lost in the jungle. The existence of some of them became scientists for a real surprise.
The age of the settlements connected by canals and roads, in the range of 900-1400 years. Earlier, the cities were hidden in dense vegetation. Failed to detect them using laser scanning from the air. The existence of some settlements, archaeologists have guessed, but the other opening was a surprise to them.
“It turns out we just walked and flew over all of this for 10 years and didn’t notice anything because of the vegetation,” says archaeologist Damian Evans. “Before we were merely a collection of disparate points on the map indicating the location of the temple buildings. Now, it seems, we have a detailed map of the streets of the whole city.”
Discover lost cities have been using lidar (laser scanner) installed on Board the helicopter. With its help, scientists were able to thoroughly explore the landscape and discover details that were hidden among the thick vegetation.
According to Evans, the opening will provide a “stunning new information” that will allow you to learn more about the rise and fall of the Khmer Empire, a medieval state that existed before the XIVth century.
“These discoveries, made using laser scanning from the air, mark the most significant breakthrough in our knowledge about Angarskoi civilization over the last 50-100 years” – believes the archaeologist from Yale University Michael CoE.
