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Angkor Wat archaeological digs yield new clues to its civilization's decline

  • Written by Alison Kyra Carter, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon

Cambodia’s famous temple of Angkor Wat is one of the world’s largest religious monuments, visited by over 2 million tourists each year.

It was built in the early 12th century by King Suryavarman II, one of the most famous kings of the Angkorian civilization that lasted from approximately the ninth to 15th centuries. The structure is so...

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