Angkor Wat's Hidden MegacityS1 Ep2 - Death Of Angkor Wat's Megacity

Buried in the Cambodian jungle lie the lost remains of the great medieval city of Angkor - once the capital of one of the world's greatest civilisations. Today, only the great stone temples like Angkor Wat survive. But Angkor was once a teeming metropolis, full of life - the biggest city on Earth. Now, a team of archaeologists are using a revolutionary technology called lidar to reveal the true scale and splendour of this ancient megacity. Their ground-breaking new work explains why the world's greatest medieval metropolis was abandoned to the jungle.

Angkor Wat's Hidden Megacity was broadcast on SBS ONE at Thursday 18 January 2018, 05:25. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 15 February 2015.