# Lost City Uncovered in Cambodia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066 "2013-06-15T14:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/1 "2013-06-15T14:55:04Z")
Story [here](http://www.smh.com.au/world/lost-horizons-mediaeval-city-uncovered-20130614-2o9p3.html). This looks like an astounding find. Predates Angkor Wat by 350 years. Believed to have never been looted. Found using revolutionary airborne laser technology. Once they open it up to visitors, it may be time for the wife and I to make a return visit to Cambodia. ---
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/2 "2013-06-15T15:41:09Z")
This is amazing, thank you for sharing it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/3 "2013-06-15T16:10:09Z")
How cool! ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/4 "2013-06-15T16:25:33Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/5 "2013-06-15T17:54:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sydney Morning Herald] The stunning discovery of the city, Mahendraparvata, includes temples hidden by jungle for centuries - **temples that archaeologists believe have never been looted**. [/QUOTE] **Emphasis mine.** Damn, would I like to be on that exploration crew! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/6 "2013-06-15T23:18:54Z")
**Yet**. They’ll need to hire security now that the story is out. > [@](#): > > **temples that archaeologists believe have never been looted.** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/7 "2013-06-16T00:51:21Z")
Hopefully they’ve arranged for security. We’ve visited Angkor Wat, and it is astounding. The whole area. We’ve been thinking of going back, and this may be a good excuse. We’ve done the overland route, which is theoretically two hours from the Thai border, and we did make it in two hours. But the “national highway” the last half from Sisophon was just a dirt road that could be a hard slog in the monsoon season. Bridges sometimes go out. But we made it. And I’ve heard they’ve got the road paved the whole way now. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/8 "2013-06-16T02:33:01Z")
Amazing. I love stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/9 "2013-06-16T10:12:40Z")
A few months ago I read a novel about this very type of thing, The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay, about Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilization. It’s because of this that I can only imagine the beauty and cultural significance of such an incredible find. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/10 "2013-06-16T15:46:10Z")
Oh, this sounds neat! If I was a traveler, it is definitely the kind of thing I’d love to go and see firsthand. I hope they keep covering this story - would love to see more on it - but I hope they have good security in place too so it doesn’t get ruined by looters. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/11 "2013-06-17T01:16:11Z")
Looters? Ha! They won’t have a chance against the diabolical death traps, snares, pits, cunningly concealed spring-loaded nooses, swiveling blocks of stone, dart guns, and scything blades! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/12 "2013-06-17T02:34:13Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > I hope they keep covering this story - would love to see more on it … I expect they will. I don’t see it mentioned in the story, but I’ve heard _The Sydney Morning Herald_ has been promised the exclusive on this, and they’re a good paper. I’m sure they’ll follow up. EDIT: Okay, it does carry the label “World Exclusive.” But I’ve heard it was to such an extent that everyone involved was sworn to secrecy until the _Morning Herald_ could break it. They’ll keep on it. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/13 "2013-06-17T19:00:35Z")
This is freaking awesome. Last trip to the Siem Reap area, we skipped Phnom Kulen and went to Kbal Spean instead (it’s a similar mountain with carvings in the streambed), and now I wish we had gone with the original plan! ---
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/14 "2013-06-17T19:49:31Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Looters? Ha! They won’t have a chance against the diabolical death traps, snares, pits, cunningly concealed spring-loaded nooses, swiveling blocks of stone, dart guns, and scything blades! This is funny, but I would be a lot more worried about land mines. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/15 "2013-06-17T20:11:22Z")
> [@](#): > > “We now know from the new data the city was for sure connected by roads, canals and dykes,” he said. 😕 Do lesbians make better couriers or something? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/16 "2013-06-17T20:40:12Z")
That is cool, Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/17 "2013-06-17T21:58:51Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > 😕 > Do lesbians make better couriers or something? British spelling. Like “tyre”, “kerb”, and “Featheringstonehaugh”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/18 "2013-06-17T22:14:19Z")
> [@babygoat666](#): > > This is funny, but I would be a lot more worried about land mines. Yeah. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/19 "2013-06-18T02:04:55Z")
> [@babygoat666](#): > > This is funny, but I would be a lot more worried about land mines. Looks like the place has been completely untouched including by land-mine planters, so I wouldn’t worry too much. But it’s best to be safe. It’s like I’ve told the wife: “Haven’t you ever wondered why I make you walk in front of me in Cambodia?” > [@hotflungwok](#): > > 😕 > Do lesbians make better couriers or something? > [@Sunspace](#): > > British spelling. Like “tyre”, “kerb”, and “Featheringstonehaugh”. Yes, but that doesn’t mean lesbians _don’t_ make better couriers. 😉 During and after the 2011 flooding in Thailand, the local English-language newspaper, which lean toward British spellings, were always talking about introducing new dykes, leading to all sorts of mirth among us Americans and comments about little boys sticking their fingers in them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066/20 "2013-06-18T02:54:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > During and after the 2011 flooding in Thailand, the local English-language newspaper, which lean toward British spellings, were always talking about introducing new dykes, leading to all sorts of mirth among us Americans and comments about little boys sticking their fingers in them. 🙂 Gentlemen, (and I use the term loosely) we are discussing unique and important archaeological discoveries, not letters to Penthouse. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-city-uncovered-in-cambodia/661066.md?page=2)