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The River That Built Angkor: The Siem Reap's Secret
Long before Angkor Wat rose from the jungle, the Siem Reap River was the empire's quiet lifeline. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace how this modest waterway carried sandstone from the Kulen hills, fed the great barays, and eventually turned against the city it sustained. They follow the river's course from the sacred mountain to the Tonlé Sap, and consider what its shifting sediments and changing course tell us about Angkor's slow unraveling. Along the way: river engineers with names like Indravarman and Yasovarman, a flood that may have toppled a king, and the modern…
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