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November 12, 2019

Building Angkor – The “Lost” City – Extra History – #5

Filed under: Asia, Environment, France, History, Religion — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 8 Nov 2019

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After its decline, Angkor had become the Ancient, Lost City so prominent in our pop culture. Just one problem: Angkor was neither ancient (having declined around the same time as Hundred Years War) nor lost (people still lived there!). That didn’t stop the European visitors from trying to invent all kinds of stories for how this city could possibly exist, and stealing parts of the temple to bring back home. But despite all the hardships Angkor faced, it managed to become a national symbol for Cambodia and still remains to this day.

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