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Bombed and looted ancient Cambodian city poised for rebirth
« on: August 13, 2017, 12:58:57 pm »
Bombed and looted ancient Cambodian city poised for rebirth

8/11/2017 06:00:00 PM 
It has survived centuries of monsoon rains, a US bombing campaign and rampant looting. Now the ancient temple city of Sambor Prei Kuk in Cambodia is finally ready for a renaissance—and is teasing tourists to its forest-cocooned ruins.
 
Cloistered by trees and linked by winding dirt trails, the site has played second fiddle to its much bigger cousin to the west—Angkor Wat—Cambodia's top tourist destination.

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