In the jungle found the remains of ancient cities.
Near the well-known complex of ancient temples Angkor Wat, archaeologists have discovered several towns, jungle-covered..
According to the data, they belonged flourished in the twelfth century Khmer Empire, the discovery confirms the fact that in those days the Empire was the largest in the world. Together with his colleagues discovery in Cambodia found the Australian researcher Damian Evans and his team used airborne laser scanning, which was able to detect previously unknown city. According to estimates of archaeologists, the age of the buildings may range from 900 to 1400 years.
Interestingly, during the excavations the archaeologists found in the cities, traces of water, which at that time was considered incredibly sophisticated technology. Besides, in new cities such systems have appeared over the centuries before, under the previous assumptions, they were invented.
Scientists said they found archaeological discovery confirms the theory that the Khmer Empire was the largest in the world in the XII century. However, this civilization still holds many mysteries, such as archaeologists, absolutely nothing is known about the decline of this great Empire.
