An international team of scientists has assembled a map of the world’s largest preindustrial city, the sprawling settlement of Angkor in what’s now Cambodia. The new map shows that Angkor’s ruins cover more than 1,000 square kilometers, including areas outside boundaries that have been established to protect the archaeological site.
ANGKOR MANAGEMENT. Residential areas and artificial ponds dot the landscape at Angkor, which also included a canal system, according to a new map of the medieval Cambodian city.
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