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The Angkor That Never Was: Jayavarman IV's Forgotten Capital at Koh Ker
When Jayavarman IV seized the Khmer throne in 921 CE, he didn't just move the capital — he built an entirely new city from scratch in the jungle, 80 kilometers northeast of Angkor. For two decades, Koh Ker was the center of the Khmer Empire, boasting a seven-tiered pyramid temple that rivaled anything at Angkor. But why did he abandon the traditional heartland? And why did later kings erase him from history? This episode digs into the archaeological evidence from Koh Ker — the massive Prasat Thom pyramid, the colossal Garuda statue, the Rahal baray, and the mysterious inscriptions that…
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