New discovery about Angkor Wat

Archaeologists studying Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple said a series of canals have been used as a shortcut to bring 5 million tons of stone to build the temple.

Sandstone blocks - each weighing up to 1.5 tons - are exploited from the Kulen mountain to bring about the world's largest Hindu temple construction. Previously, it was thought that the blocks had to be transported 25 miles along the canal to the Tonle Sap, another 20 miles to the Siem Reap River and then 10 miles to the construction site.

However, according to UPI news agency, experts Etsuo Uchida and Ichita Shimoda (Waseda University, Tokyo) have used satellite images to determine that many ancient canals are considered a shortcut for construction projects. from the 12th century. The channel from the foot of Kulen Mountain to Angkor costs only 20 miles, lighter than 55 miles as many people think.

Etsuo Uchida and Ichita Shimoda also discovered more than 50 quarries at the foot of Kulen mountain and along the route suitable for transportation to the temple.