In the year 1300 it was the considered the biggest city in the world. It has the largest religious monument in the world – Angkor Wat.

It was the seat of kings, home to the Khmer empire for 600 years, an incredible feat of urban engineering in a flood plain and rainforest. 

Then it was abandoned, left to the jungle for centuries, with only a handful of farmers and priests living in the ruins. Angkor held its mysteries tightly – there are no graves, no bones, few traces of the ancient Khmer who lived there. 

Now a new generation of Cambodian experts have set out to rebuild and preserve the city using lost engineering with modern science.

…and uncovering secrets buried for centuries.

Watch on PBS NOVA:
https://www.pbs.org/video/trailer-nova-5302-nova-angkor-hidden-jungle-empire-9piwog/