Articles by Alison Kyra Carter

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Angkor Wat Archaeological Digs Yield New Clues to Its Civilization’s Decline
Alison Kyra Carter – The Conversation, 10 Jun 2019

3 Jun 2019 – Many tourists hold an outdated romanticized image of an abandoned temple emerging from the jungle. But research around Angkor Wat suggests its collapse might be better described as a transformation. Angkor Wat was never abandoned. What can be abandoned is the tired cliché of foreign explorers “discovering” lost cities in the jungle.

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