October
15
/ 2019
Ancient Cambodia’s Mahendraparvata, one of the first Angkorian capital cities of the 9th to 15th century Khmer Empire, has finally been located to the northeast of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Archaeological evidence of this lost city has previously been restricted to a few apparently isolated shrines but airborne lidar scanning, combined with ground-based surveying techniques, have identified an “extended urban network” dating from the 9th century AD which archaeologists say is the city of Mahendraparvata. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"66040","attributes":{"alt":"An oblique aerial view of the Phnom Kulen plateau and Mahendraparvata","class":"media-image","height":"377","style":"width: 610px; height: 377px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] An oblique aerial view of the Phnom Kulen plateau and Mahendraparvata. Source: Archaeology Development Foundation/ Antiquity Publications Ltd . Scanning the Mahendraparvata City Grid This new lidar research project was funded
