geovalin Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 PETER DOCKRILL Scientists have rediscovered an ancient city of the Khmer Empire, hidden for centuries by the lush jungle topography of modern-day Cambodia. Mahendraparvata, sometimes dubbed the 'lost city of Cambodia', was an early capital city of the Khmer Empire, a Hindu-Buddhist regime of Southeast Asia that lasted from the 9th to 15th centuries of the common era. Archaeologists and historians have known about the existence of Mahendraparvata for decades, but surviving archaeological evidence of this Angkorian city has proven scant, until now. read more https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-lost-city-identified-under-cambodian-jungle-by-airborne-laser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillyfool Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 this is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The big question is, why did the city fail? There seems to be some parallels with some modern cities in the USA - Detroit and Pittsburgh, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Lacessit said: The big question is, why did the city fail? There seems to be some parallels with some modern cities in the USA - Detroit and Pittsburgh, for example. Pittsburg? Regardless, there is no comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2014 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29245289 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Nyezhov said: Pittsburg? Regardless, there is no comparison. Why not? On the banks of what I think is the Monaghela River, there is nothing but acres of flat concrete where steel mills used to be. Go out to Monroeville. There was a research centre for US Steel there. Used to employ 3000 scientists and engineers. Last time I was there, 1995, it was down to 200 and the cost-cutting was ongoing. It reminded me of the statement " The floggings will continue until morale improves". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Lacessit said: The big question is, why did the city fail? There seems to be some parallels with some modern cities in the USA - Detroit and Pittsburgh, for example. From the link in the OP : "In the years to come, the Khmer Empire moved its centre of operations to the new capital, Angkor, perhaps due to better conditions for growing food in a less mountainous and challenging environment". It seems a good enough reason, but there could be other reasons too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 We can only hope that anything of value is not sent overseas to stuff crony bank accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryw Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Climate change caused by less rainfall was a factor causing both Angkor Wat and Mahendraparvata to go into decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I thought that was Surin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malathione Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Nyezhov said: Pittsburg? Regardless, there is no comparison. They had a Tomlin like ruler, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proboscis Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Lacessit said: The big question is, why did the city fail? There seems to be some parallels with some modern cities in the USA - Detroit and Pittsburgh, for example. Actually the big question was why did the Khmer Empire fail? It is believed that there were ecological and climate reasons that affected the food supply (rice and fish) and this led to the decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Is the stone of the Khmer ruins limestone? I read an interesting article of how the limestone from the ruins leaches in to the ground affecting the surrounding vegetation and a technique where such affect is detected from satellites,revealing many lost Ancient ruins.https://spacenews.com/satellites-read-leaves-help-find-ancient-ruins/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoni Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 hours ago, terryw said: Climate change caused by less rainfall was a factor causing both Angkor Wat and Mahendraparvata to go into decline. But I thought climate never changed until the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. That’s when everyone started saying climate was starting to change and get warmer and the planet is doomed. Climate never changed until we started burning fossil fuels. Now we have global warming and the Arctic Sea is is gone and the Polar Bears disappearing. Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio and Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion are trying to teach us and warn us. We need to listen to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 8 hours ago, lust said: 2014 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29245289 Very good read. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estrada Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The local Cambodians are amused every time foreign archeologists rediscover lost Khymer cities that the locals are living alongside and know they are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdeBoCM Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Hardly New. The discovery has been anounced in 2014 and documentaries made. Jungle Atlantis in 2 parts here: and here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 2:50 PM, terryw said: Climate change caused by less rainfall was a factor causing both Angkor Wat and Mahendraparvata to go into decline. Yes indeed, as quoted here by National Geographic:- Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today The powerful civilization was hammered into oblivion by drought and floods, underscoring the connections between climate and people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 5:25 PM, Catoni said: Now we have global warming and the Arctic Sea is is gone and the Polar Bears disappearing. Polar bears are not declining they're are increasing. https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/16/polar-bear-numbers-still-on-the-rise-despite-global-warming/ https://www.thegwpf.org/as-polar-bear-numbers-increase-gwpf-calls-for-re-assessment-of-endangered-species-status/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoni Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/21/2019 at 3:33 AM, VocalNeal said: Polar bears are not declining they're are increasing. https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/16/polar-bear-numbers-still-on-the-rise-despite-global-warming/ https://www.thegwpf.org/as-polar-bear-numbers-increase-gwpf-calls-for-re-assessment-of-endangered-species-status/ But the Arctic Sea ice is all gone. How can the Polar Bears survive now? Al Gore said the Arctic is melting away and the Polar Bears are doomed. And the Swedish girl Greta Thunberg spoke at the U.N. and she said the world is on fire and something must be done. The Climate is changing and it’s happening now. And a year ago they said we’ve got only twelve years left to do something before it’s too late or it will all come to an end. Look at all the Extinction Rebellion and Climate Strike marches and demonstrations around the world. ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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