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Angkor's Sandstone: The Quarries That Built an Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the stone beneath Angkor's glory — the vast sandstone quarries of Phnom Kulen that supplied the temples' blocks. They trace how Khmer engineers extracted, shaped, and transported these enormous slabs to build Angkor Wat and the Bayon, and what the quarries reveal about labor, logistics, and royal power. From the 'quarry marks' that hint at a gig-economy of forced labor to the hydraulic barges that floated stone down the Siem Reap River, this is the hidden industrial backbone of the empire. The conversation also touches on a missing…
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