The survey revealed unexplained linear patterns near temple cities like Beng Mealea. Formed from earthen embankments, they may have been gardens
A previously unknown major city built around a temple at Preah Khan of Kompong Svay and connected by road to Angkor was revealed by the Lidar scan
Lidar technology filters out vegetation to model hidden surface detail as seen near the Banteay Srei temple where evidence of Angkorian cultivation was obscured by modern agriculture
Mounds
Ancient
dam
Modern
cultivation
The survey revealed unexplained linear patterns near temple cities like Beng Mealea. Formed from earthen embankments, they may have been gardens
A previously unknown major city built around a temple at Preah Khan of Kompong Svay and connected by road to Angkor was revealed by the Lidar scan
Lidar technology filters out vegetation to model hidden surface detail as seen near the Banteay Srei temple where evidence of Angkorian cultivation was obscured by modern agriculture
Mounds
Ancient
dam
Modern
cultivation