In 1580, a Portuguese Capuchin
friar António da Madalena
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left the famous Alco Baca
Monastery in Central Portugal
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and set out for Goa in India,
little knowing the adventure
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accidental discovery and
misfortune that awaited him
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on his journey.
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The voyage took him
down the west coast of Africa
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and around the Cape of Good Hope
at the southern tip of Africa
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and on to Goa in India,
where he established a library
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for his order.
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Three years later, in 1853,
he set out to travel over land
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to what is today Cambodia,
for the next three years
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he and his party explored
the monuments, people, cultures,
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religions and dense
jungles of southeast Asia
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until one day in 1586, he
and his party burst through
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an opening in the jungle.
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Before him lay one of the
most stunning ancient stone
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complexes in all the world.
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Stretching out for as
far as the eye could see,
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was an extensive and far-flung
expanse of mysterious ruins.
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There were ancient terraces,
pools, moted cities, walls,
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towers, palaces, and a multitude
of temples, all expertly
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worked in stone.
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António da Madalena had stumbled
upon Angkor, a long-abandoned
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metropolis of stone, it's spread
over 400 square kilometers
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or about 150 square miles
at its heart lies Angkor Wat.
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A city or temples, and
the largest religious monument
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in the world that covers
160 hectares or 400 acres
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and is a testament to immense
to a culture of immense wealth
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and great architectural skill.
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But who built this mysterious
city, when was it built, and
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why? As Antonio da Madalena
wandered through the abandoned
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city and examined the stone
buildings he wondered if it
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could be the work of Alexander
the Great, or could it be a
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temple of The
Lost Tribes of Israel?
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And then, judging by
the architecture and design
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he wondered if there
could be an Indian or local
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Camir origin to
this magnificent complex.
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Join me on an incredible journey
into the heart of Cambodia
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as we explore this
amazing kingdom of stone
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and discover its
secrets and you may be surprised
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at just what we discover because
we will uncover the identity
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of the true builders
of these grand monuments
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along with an ancient message
in stone that is hidden here
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that's relevant to us today.
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It's a message that can change
your peace and life forever.
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António da Madalena was
the first European visitor
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to Angkor Wat, he was awestruck
by its beauty and splendor
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and said that...
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Madalena made a detailed
description of Angkor Wat
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along with an account of
his journey which he gave to
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the historian Diealgo Di
Ciato the main chronicler of the
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Archives of
Portuguese Exploration in Asia.
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Following his detailed study
and description of Angkor Wat
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Madalena attributed
the splendid complex not to
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Alexander the Great or
the Lost Tribes of Israel
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but rather to
local Khmer Hindu Kings
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but was he correct?
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After spending nine years
exploring and traveling through
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India, Malacca,
Siam, and Cambodia,
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Madalena decided to
return home to Europe aboard the
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Caravel Sauertome, a
small Portuguese sailing ship
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but tragically,
he never made it.
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He perished when the
vessel shipwrecked and sank
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off the coast of
Natelle in South Africa.
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Although Madalena's description
of Angkor Wats survived
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along with his travel journal,
European interest in the
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Great Stone Monument dwindled
and waned due to lack of
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further information.
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It was almost as if the
magnificent site was lost again
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for nearly 300 years.
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Until in 1960 it
was rediscovered by the
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French Naturalist and
explorer Henri Mouhot,
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he set up a base in
Bangkok and made four journeys
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into the interior of
Siam, Laos, and Cambodia
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in search of butterflies
and other exotic insects and new
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zoological specimens for
the Royal Geographical Society
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and the
Zoological Society of London.
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In January 1860, at the end of
his second and longest journey,
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while chasing an
elusive butterfly with his net,
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he stumbled out of the
jungle and into the grounds of
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Angkor Wat.
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And like Antonia Di
Madalena 300 years earlier,
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he was overwhelmed by
its sheer size and beauty,
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the ancient stone terraces,
pools, moted cities, palaces
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and temples, especially
Angkor Wat left him awestruck.
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He recorded his visit in
his travel journal and spent
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the best part of a month
making detailed observations
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and drawings of the
site, which were forwarded to
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the Royal Geographical Society
and the Zoological Society
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in London. Mouhot ascerted
that these grand buildings
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were built on such a
grand and majestic scale
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that they must be the work
or a much earlier and much more
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advanced civilization, a
long lost race, dating back
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thousands of years to
the time of the Romans.
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Sadly, Henri Mauhot died
of a malarial fever on his
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4th expedition in
the jungles of Laos.
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but not before he had
popularized and opened Angkor
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to Europe and the west.
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Soon, pioneers, archeologist,
and researchers, poured in
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to study and examine the site.
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Their excavations and
research revealed that
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Antonio Di Madalena was
correct, the vast Angkor complex
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was constructed between
the 9th and 15th century's
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by successive kings of the local
Khmer Empire, who ruled from
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802 to 1431 AD.
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From Angkor, these powerful
Khmer Kings ruled one of the
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largest most prosperous
and most sophisticated kingdom
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in the history of Southeast
Asia that ruled over a territory
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that covered
modern-day Cambodia, Laos, and
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much of Thailand and Vietnam.
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Now, the sheer size
of Angkor is breathtaking
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It's spread over 1,000
square kilometers or about
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400 square miles, and is filled
with over one thousand temples.
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At its height in the
late medieval era around the
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13th century AD the city
of Angkor was the largest city
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in the world supporting many
monuments, temples, hospitals,
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housing, markets and a
population of about one million
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people, about ten times
more than London at the time.
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Tens of millions of sandstone
blocks were used to construct
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the temples and buildings
of Angkor, some of them weighed
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as much as one and a half tons.
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The entire city of Angkor used
far greater amounts of stone
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than all the
Egyptian Pyramids combined.
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The stones were quarried
from the sacred mountain of
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Phnom Kulen is over 40
kilometers or 25 miles away.
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Many of these stones were
used to build Angkor Thom,
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the last and most enduring
capital city of the Khmer
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Empire. It was built in the
late 12th century by the famous
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King Jayavarman the
7th, who was one of the most
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important figures in the
Khmer Empire, he was a Buddhist
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and during the time of
his reign oversaw a wholesale
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conversion of the Khmer people
from Hinduism to Buddhism.
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He was a great believer in
public works and his new capital
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contained palaces, temples, army
barracks, viewing platforms,
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schools, hospitals,
reservoirs, shops and houses.
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Jayavarman was a
powerful warrior king and
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attached to his palace, he
built a 350-meter or 1,150-foot
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long terrace or platform
from which he viewed his
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victorious returning army.
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The stairs are decorated
with Lions and Garuda's and
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life-size images of
Elephants and Mammoths
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which are displayed on
the platform walls from which
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the terrace gets its
name, Terrace of the Elephants.
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Jayavarman was both a warrior
and a worshiper, he was a devout
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Buddhist and built exquisite
temples like Bayon Temple,
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with its mysterious
smiling faces, it's one of the
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most impressive
Buddhist Temples in Angkor.
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It's great, mountain-like
structure is topped by
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64 towers, each tower has
four giant serene smiling faces
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so there's over 200 of them
and each of these smiling faces
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is slightly different
with so many smiles around
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it's no surprise that it's
called Asia's happiest temple.
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Then a short distance outside
the city walls and northeast of
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Bayon Temple,
there's Preah Khan Temple.
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Its name means Royal
Sword, the temple was also built
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by King Jayavarman the
7th in honor of his father.
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Today, Preah Khan has
been left largely unrestored
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with numerous trees and
other vegetation growing
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among the ruins.
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But in its heyday, it was
a veritable treasure trove
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filled with 60 tons of
gold, silver, precious gems,
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over 100,000 pearls,
and a cow with golden horns.
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The complex combined the
roles of city temple, treasury,
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and a Buddhist University,
there were over 100,000
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attendants, officials,
and servants, including 1,000
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dancers and 1,000 teachers.
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King Jayavarman the 7th also
built Ta Prohm Buddhist Temple
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in 1186 AD, which he
dedicated to his mother.
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It's one of the few temples
at Angkor, where an inscription
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provides information about the
temple's function and operation.
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Over 80,000 people were
required to maintain and service
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the temple, this
included more than 12,500 people
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who lived here as well as 18
high priests, and 615 dancers.
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Like Preah Khan, this
temple was also home to a bounty
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of treasures that took
in gold, pills and silks.
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Ta Prohm is a temple of
towers, closed court yards,
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and narrow corridors, but
like Preah Khan, the jungle
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has encroached on the temple
and many of the corridors are
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impossible, and the court yards
clogged with tree roots and
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other jungle debris.
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In fact, for hundreds of
years Ta Prohm was swallowed up
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by the Cambodian jungle,
trees began to grow from the
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tops of the walls, and as
they got bigger, they began to
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topple the stone walls,
these ancient trees with their
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invasive gigantic tree
roots are what add to the beauty
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and mystery of Ta Prohm today
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And this provided the perfect
backdrop for the Hollywood
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blockbuster movie Tomb
Raider starring Angelina Jolie.
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Today, it's still
dubbed the Tomb Raider Temple
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and mystical root riddled
Ta Prohm continues to capture
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the imagination of
millions of tourists.
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But that's not all,
Ta Prom's famous for,
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it's also associated with
dinosaurs, yes, you heard right.
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Dinosaurs. Ta Prohm is home
to a mysterious stone carving
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of what appears to be a
stegosaurus, the carving
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has triggered a flurry of
debate over whether it's a
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genuine dinosaur depiction,
or hoax, or something else.
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I mean, what would Angkor
Artisans are doing drawing
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dinosaurs in the 12th century.
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Right, well, many people
come here looking for answers
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despite their fascination, these
temples of Angkor Thom have
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the center stage of
Angkor is found a short distance
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further south at Angkor Wat.
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It's a masterpiece of Kamihr.
architecture with a shimmering
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reflective pool at its feet
and five lotus-shaped towers
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etching and imposing
silhouette against the sky.
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Angkor Wat, which literally
means city of temples was built
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one hundred years
earlier than Angkor Thom
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by King Suryavarman II, another
of the great kings of the
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Kamhir Empire. It was his
state temple in Capital City
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it's been called one of
mankind's most impressive and
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enduring
architectural achievements.
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Its constructions took around
ten million tons of sandstone
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and it's thought to have taken
35 years to build with 300,000
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laborers and 6,000 elephants.
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It was all built by hand without
the aid of any machinery,
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it comprises more than 1,000
buildings and is one of the
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great cultural and architectural
wonders of the world.
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Angkor Wat is the world's
largest religious complex
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covering some 160
hectares or 400 acres,
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it's four times the
size of Vatican City.
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The temple was shared by
two religions, it was originally
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dedicated to the Hindu
god Vishnu, before coming a
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Buddhist Temple at the
end of the 12th century.
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All of the temple walls,
surfaces, columns, and lintels
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and even the roof is decorated
with thousands of storytelling
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Bas Reliefs or stone carvings
that represent important gods,
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deities, and figures in the
Hindu and Buddhist religions
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and key events
from their sacred texts.
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The gallery walls alone
are all decorated with almost
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1,000 square meters
or 11,000 square feet of
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religious carvings.
Hindu's worship many gods and
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goddesses, in some traditions
there are 33 called gods
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in others, there's a vast number
of deities in the Hindu Pantheon
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as many as 330
million gods and goddesses.
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Angkor Wat is a reminder that
almost all ancient civilizations
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and religions were polytheistic,
that is, they worshipped
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many different gods,
the Sumerians, Babylonians
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and Assyrians all worshipped
many different gods and
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goddesses. Across in
South America's, the Incas,
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along with the Mayans and
the Aztecs were all polytheists
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and worshiped many gods.
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In India and Asia, it's
the same, Hinduism, Buddhism,
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Confucianism and Japanese
Shintoism, as well as the
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Tribal religions is
Africa all worship many gods,
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the same is true of
ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
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All at the ancient civilizations
and religions were polytheists
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they worshipped many
gods with one exception,
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the Jews, the children
of Israel, they in contrast
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to all the nations
around them, were monotheists.
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They worshipped only one
God and all-supreme being
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Yahweh, Jehovah, the
creator of heaven and earth.
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Judaism traces its heritage
and faith back to Abraham,
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Abraham became the father
of the faith, the foundation
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and link to the three great
monotheistic religions, Judaism,
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Christianity and Islam.
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Christianity birthed from
Judaism, Christian scriptures
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include the Jewish scriptures
whose promises and prophecies
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are fulfilled in Jesus
the messiah who fully reveals
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the true God. And so this
belief only one God an all
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an all-supreme being who
is the creator, who rules the
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universe, who loves, judges,
punishes, and also forgives,
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is the heart of Christianity.
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And it was this God and belief
system that the early Christians
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proclaimed to the world,
and the person who led out in
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spreading this message to
the first-century world was Paul
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the apostle, he was the major
figure who turned Christianity
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into a worldwide religion.
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He traveled from city to
city, from region to region,
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from province to province,
and from country to country.
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He traveled over 30,000
kilometers or 20,000 miles,
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he was shipwrecked three times,
he was beaten, imprisoned,
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exiled, stoned, starved,
slandered and robbed, but
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nothing could stop him
from fulfilling his mission.
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Paul knew that he was
particularly called to share
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the Christian message with
Gentiles, that is to polytheists
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who worship many gods.
Here is what he said...
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And he continues and says...
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Paul wanted to reach as
many people as possible and
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tell them about the one true
God and the good news of Jesus
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and he had a particular
burden to share this message
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with Greeks, so he
makes his way to Athens,
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the very heart of Greece, where
the people worship many gods.
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The first thing Paul notices
in Athens is a number of gods
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their statues, altars,
and carvings line the streets
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they were everywhere,
there were literally thousands
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of different gods, there was
even an altar to the unknown god
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just in case they left any out.
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Well, Paul didn't waste
any time, he immediately
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started telling people
about Jesus and the one true God
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he went to the local
synagogue and told the Jews and
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God-fearing Gentiles, and then
he went to the marketplace and
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told the general-public.
Now there were some philosophers
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there who were fascinated by
what Paul was saying about Jesus
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and so they invited him
to come to the area of Pagus
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and tell them all
about these strange new ideas
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he was proclaiming, the
area of Pagus was prominent
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rock outcrop on the Acropolis
where the city counselors
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and philosophers met.
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So, standing in the midst of
the area of Pagus, surrounded by
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leading counselors and
philosophers Paul starts
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by complementing them for being
very religious, having seen
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all the many gods and objects
of worship in their city.
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He tells them that one
altar in particular had caught
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his attention, the
altar to the unknown god.
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Paul masterly uses
this altar as an opportunity
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to introduce them to the
one true God, Paul explains that
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this unknown God that
they worshipped, was actually
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the Biblical God, the
creator God of heaven and earth
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that one true God of
whom they knew nothing,
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Paul knew personally. He
presented Him as the creator
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of heaven and earth.
Here's what he said...
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Now the Greeks taught that
the many gods they worshipped
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were far away and is interested
in what happened to people
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here on earth and
didn't really care about them,
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but Paul contrasts
this with the one true God
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who is very near and
cares deeply about people.
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We are His children
who are made in His image,
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we don't make god in our image
out of stone, gold, or silver,
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Paul then quotes
one of their poets...
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Paul goes on to say that there
was a time when God overlooked
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people's ignorance
about Him, but not anymore,
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now He wants
everyone, everywhere to repent,
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turn from our
ignorance, turn from our sin,
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because there is a judgment
day coming, this judgment
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will be conducted by Jesus
who was raised from the dead.
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The great Greek philosophers,
and polytheists listened
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intently to Paul's
message about the One true God,
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there were three main reactions,
1st, Some mocked and sneered
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outright, particularly at
the idea of a resurrection.
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2nd, Some put off making a
decision, they wanted more time
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to think about what Paul had
said, but it's always dangerous
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to delay. 3rd, Some believed,
the wise recognized that
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accepting Jesus and
believing in the true God brings
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lasting peace and happiness.
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Most of us today still fall into
one of these three categories
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when we hear the
message of the one true God.
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1. We mock and reject, or
2. We delay and put off making
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a decision, or 3. We accept
Jesus and worship the true God.
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You see, the unknown God
desires to be known, that's why
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He's spoken to us
through His word is the Bible,
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that's why He sent
His Son into the world.
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We don't need to go through
life searching for an unknown
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God, because the one true
God has already revealed himself
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to us through His Son
Jesus, that's why Jesus came,
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to show us what God is like.
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The moment we accept
Jesus as our personal savior,
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we come to know
the Creator Himself.
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If you'd like to know
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