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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.)
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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
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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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