5295 x 3530 px | 44,8 x 29,9 cm | 17,7 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
17. Oktober 2013
Ort:
Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Weitere Informationen:
Preah Khan: Large linear temple complex in a dense jungle setting A team consists of multinational scientists led by Brendan M. Buckley from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, revealed that Angkor archaeological park, which includes Preah Khan temple (pictured), is among the first-known examples of how climate catastrophe could destroy entire population. What was once a largest city in the world—built in six decades to became the capital of the mighty Khmer empire; 1, 000 square kilometers of grande architecture inhabited by 750, 000-900, 000 people—the hydraulic city of Angkor had been abandoned since fourteenth and fifteenth centuries due to wars and "decades-long drought in combination with other factors, " according the scientists in their 2010 research paper published by US-based the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "The Angkor droughts were of a duration and severity that would have impacted the sprawling city’s water supply and agricultural productivity, while high-magnitude monsoon years damaged its water control infrastructure, " the report said. The Preah Khan temple was built by the great king Jayavarman VII to his father in 1191. Nowadays, World Monuments Fund who conduct restoration project in the area has described Prasat Preah Khan (Preah Khan temple) as "an outstanding example of a large linear temple complex in a dense jungle setting."
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