How huge floods and complex infrastructure could have triggered ancient Angkor's demise
- Written by Dan Penny, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
A monument to urban frailty?Javier Gil/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
A series of floods that hit the ancient city of Angkor would have overwhelmed and destroyed its vast water network, according to a new study that provides an explanation for the downfall of the world’s biggest pre-industrial city.
Our research, published in Science Advances,...
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