Archeologists used lasers to uncover several ancient Cambodian cities that might shed new light on the history of the Khmer Empire.
optical maser applied science recently revealed several ancient Kampuchean cities — making up what was once the world ’s largest imperium , in the twelfth 100 — hidden in the jungle .
Archaeologistsfoundthe Cambodian cities not far from Angkor Wat , the ancient temple complex , and orotund spiritual monument in the earth .
Dr. Damian Evans head a squad of researchers who used airborne laser scan engineering science to map out 734 hearty miles of the Cambodian jungle on their Richard Morris Hunt for the lost cities .
The cities are anywhere from 900 to 1,400 year old , and they ’re utterly massive by medieval criterion — about the size of Cambodia ’s current capital , Phnom Penh ( 260 substantial miles , 1.5 million the great unwashed ) — and were just as dumbly populated .
The research squad describe the urban center by force out lasers into the ground using an airborne optical maser scanner ( ALS ) from a helicopter to produce detailed imagery of the Earth ’s Earth’s surface .
The data from the ALS was then downloaded and used to make a 3D mapping of the terrain to make these over-the-top discoveries .
Beyond these new urban center , Evans said that the optical maser also picked up as yet unidentifiable geometrical patterns in the Earth ’s control surface , which he mistrust could have been gardens .
In 2012 , Evans transmit similar research in Cambodia using lidar — light catching and ranging — technology . That time , he found that temples such as Beng Mealea and Koh Ker are connect through road and duct to Angkor Wat .
Evans also confirm that Camobodia ’s Phnom Kulen mountain range hide a large city called Mahendraparvata .
Evans ’ inquiry is expected to reshape theories on how Cambodia ’s Khmer Empire was founded and developed , and provide more insight into why the empire began to correct in the 15th century .
“ I suppose that these airborne laser find mark the great betterment in the past 50 or even 100 years of our knowledge of Angkorian civilisation , ” Michael Coe , emeritus prof of anthropology at Yale University , toldThe Guardian .
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