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The Sandstone That Built Angkor: Khmer Quarrymen and the Mountain of Phnom Kulen
For centuries, the temples of Angkor have stood as monuments to Khmer ambition and artistry. But behind every carved lintel and towering gopura lay an immense logistical challenge: moving millions of tons of sandstone from a sacred mountain to the capital. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Phnom Kulen quarries, where workers extracted the very stone that became Angkor Wat, the Bayon, and Banteay Srei. They discuss the discovery of the quarry site, the experimental archaeology that revealed how Khmer stonecutters split sandstone blocks without metal tools, the economics of the stone…
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