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The Invisible City: The Rise of Angkor Before the Temples
Long before Angkor Wat rose from the jungle, the Khmer Empire's greatest urban project was invisible: the vast water management system of barays, canals, and embankments that turned a monsoon landscape into a rice-bowl. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the engineering marvels that sustained Angkor for centuries, focusing on the 7th-century pre-Angkorian period and the transformative reign of King Isanavarman I. They discuss the earliest known baray at Isanapura, the shift from wooden to stone temples, the role of the Tonle Sap lake, and how recent LIDAR surveys have revealed a…
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