

Jungle Atlantis
Millions of tourists visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia every year to marvel at its remarkable architecture, yet most are probably unaware that when it was built nearly 1,000 years ago it was even more impressive. Using remote sensing technology, scientists now know what is hidden beneath the nearby paddy fields and jungle: a sophisticated metropolis with an elaborate network of houses, canals, boulevards and temples covering 30 square kilometres that housed three-quarters of a million people. To put that into perspective, London at that time was home to just 18,000. These previously hidden finds tell us a great deal about life during the golden age of the powerful Khmer dynasty.
Episodes
More Like This

Dig WW2 with Dan Snow
2012

Viking Empires
2022

Time Team
1994

Rome's Chariot Superstar
2019

Jesus: The Evidence
1984

War Digs with Harry Harris
2012

Britain at Low Tide
2016

Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney
2017

Extreme Archaeology
2004

Lost Treasures of Rome
2022

Bible Secrets Revealed
2013

Secrets of the Lost Ark
2021

The Bible Unearthed
2005
Archaeology
1991

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice
2015

Departures
2008

Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive
2019

Terra X - Deutschlands Supergrabungen
2012

Ancient Apocalypse
2022
Au pic et à la pelle
2020