Scientists Use Technology to Discover City at Angkor Wat

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Lasers. They’re useful for more than just tense moments in action films, scanning your groceries, and tormenting cats.

Scientists made a significant discovery in Cambodia and it’s all thanks to the use of lasers to map the area around the Angkor Wat temple complex. Airborne lasers were used to scan the landscape and discover evidence of a planned human settlement that had never been documented before. The ancient city linked the temple complex of Angkor Wat, which is still standing and is one of most visited landmarks in Asia.

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