52 Places to Go in 2014
International New York Times
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Even a 1,200-year-old lost city has some new draws.
If you’ve seen the temple complex of Angkor
Wat in Cambodia, then the country’s lost city of Mahendraparvata, its
majestic temples on Phnom Kulen and the stone animal carvings at the
site of Srah Damrei (elephant pond) should be next on your list. About
30 miles from Siem Reap, Mahendraparvata predates Angkor Wat by about
350 years and was the birthplace of the Khmer Empire in A.D. 802.
Although the city has been known about for several decades, researchers
in June discovered new temples and a network of roads and dikes that had
been concealed under thick mountain vegetation. — ROOKSANA HOSSENALLY
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