Ancient Staircase Examined in Cambodia
1 March 2017
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—According to a report in The Cambodia Daily,
researchers led by Im Sokrithy of the Apsara Authority’s Angkor
International Center of Research and Documentation and Jean-Baptiste
Chevance of the Archaeology & Development Foundation are
investigating the nearly 2,000-foot-long stone staircase known as Pleu
Cere that climbs the sacred mountain Phnom Kulen. The 50-foot-wide
staircase is interspersed with four flat rest areas that offer access to
spring water. The archaeologists explained that the lack of carvings
and artifacts along the staircase make it difficult to estimate its age,
but it is thought to have been constructed sometime between the ninth
and thirteenth centuries to reach the ancient city of Mahendraparvata,
which has been recently mapped with Lidar technology. Little has been
done until now to study the ancient route because it had been mined by
Khmer Rouge forces. For more on archaeology in Cambodia, go to “Angkor Urban Sprawl.”
Pleu Cere = ផ្លូវ ស្រី ? ផ្លូវសាងឡើង សម្រាប់ សម្រួលដល់ ស្ត្រី មនុស្សចាស់ និង កូនក្មេង ឡើងទៅ កំពូល មហិន្ទ្របរពត ? ឯពួក ប្រុសៗ ស្ទាវៗ ឡើងផ្លូវ ចោត ផ្លូវកាត់ ឈ្មោះ Pleu Pros ?!!! My great great ...great grandma worked her behind off for that project too. She didn't like the project that much because of the malaria infested environment.
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