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PHOTO CAPTION                           P49580ac
                                        February 12, 1998
                                        Temple base

This brick temple base is part of a group of  ruins on a mound 
adjacent to Angkor Wat in Cambodia that has been swallowed up by 
the forest.  The ability of a spaceborne radar system to 
penetrate the forest cover is leading to new discoveries in the 
heart of the ancient city of Angkor, including the temple base 
shown in this photograph.  Inscriptions, temple bases and lintel 
style suggest that it was constructed in the 10th century.

(Photograph courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Moore, Department of Art 
and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, 
University of London.) 

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