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BBC: Beyond Angkor - How lasers revealed a lost city.

“Harnessing the monsoon provided food security - and made the ruling elite fantastically rich. For the next three centuries they channelled their wealth into the greatest concentration of temples on Earth. One temple, Preah Khan, constructed in 1191, contained 60t of gold. Its value today would be about £2bn ($3.3bn).” [Pfooosh ... Sound of my breath exhaling in a rush.]  Amazing. Just amazing.

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