A ground-breaking archaeological discovery in Cambodia has revealed a colossal 700-year obsolete urban landscape connecting ancient cities and temples to Angkor Wat. Lara Dunston joins the excavation team for the first site visit by a British newspaperIt's 7am at Angkor Wat and there's not a tourist in sight. It's blissfully quiet,the first clear June morning after two days of torrential rains. The only souls around are a small group of Buddhist pilgrims, lighting incense at the rear of the spectacular Khmer temple. The bleary-eyed early-risers, and who woke in darkness to board tour buses to Angkor archaeological park for dawn photo ops,contain already trundled back to their breakfast buffets.
I'm not here for sightseeing, however, and I'm heading further into the forest surrounding the stupendous temple complex with Australian archaeologist Dr Damian Evans to meet the archaeologists from Cambodia,the Philippines and the USA, who are working on new excavations.
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Source: theguardian.com