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Terra X ZDF - Angkor (Siem Reap, Cambodia) - English
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00:00The impressive temple ruins of Angkor are located in Cambodia.
00:05The huge complex has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.
00:10What did it look like here hundreds of years ago?
00:16Before the jungle devoured everything, the Khmer ruled here from the 9th to the 15th century.
00:23The area covers more than 400 square kilometers.
00:26Here was a bustling metropolis, a conurbation in which several hundred thousand people lived.
00:34Only the temple district was built of stone.
00:38The people, including the king, lived in wooden houses.
00:42That is also the reason why only the temple complexes have survived the centuries.
00:48Angkor is considered a water city.
00:50An ingenious system of canals and reservoirs runs through the area.
00:57The most place where neither can we live.
00:58Seven months after running toчик, it's either cannot pass, or walk.
01:00Once upon an open head, now it's in Australia.
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