To: Captain Beyond
It is an awesome place to visit, if the opportunity ever presents itself.
There are a thousand or so temples and they alone don't give you a full sense of how large this city area was, as the wooden structures that would have housed people and commerce are long gone. The stone carving and the stone setting (without mortar) is just flat out awe inspiring. It took quite a culture to have produced this. Truly one of the most spectacular man made sites on earth.
7 posted on
01/04/2012 4:03:41 PM PST by
Jay Santos CP
("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
To: Jay Santos CP
“It is an awesome place to visit, if the opportunity ever presents itself.”
Also considering the stone for the city was quarried ~60 miles away in Thailand.
(my first visit was in 1968 shortly after Jacqueline Kennedy’s visit made it popular).
11 posted on
01/04/2012 5:57:34 PM PST by
Bobibutu
To: Captain Beyond; Jay Santos CP
Thanks for posting. Fascinating/informative/educational.
12 posted on
01/04/2012 5:58:59 PM PST by
PGalt
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