How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital

How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital
Angkor was the seat of authority for the Khmer Empire for more than 600 years, from the ninth to 15th centuries, except for a 17-year interval when political power and courtly life shifted to Koh Ker. New archaeological evidence might explain why Koh Ker’s glory days were so brief: The new capital’s massive water-management system failed spectacularly soon after it was built.

July 27, 2018 at 10:45PM
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