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Angkor What?: Cambodian Dig Unearths Megacity

Ancient city was once world's largest

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 14, 2007 12:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – Cambodia's famed Angkor—usually penciled into guidebooks thanks to its eponymous 12th-century temple—was once the world's biggest city, new research by University of Sydney archaeologists shows. From the 10th century on, Angkor grew to nearly one million inhabitants and sprawled out to the size...   Read full story »

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