Angkor Wat - Lies
Added 2019-11-22 20:01:00 +0000 UTCRob talks about all the little bits and pieces that we couldn't fit into the episodes, as well as some of our mistakes and some points of confusion (don't worry metric users, we got you next time)
Recommended Reading: Ancient Angkor - Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques ; The Indianized States of South-East Asia - George Coedès ; https://www.virtualangkor.com/
Timestamps:
3:55 - Metric System
4:38 - More about the linga
6:45 - Khmer vs Khmai (pronunciation)
7:42 - What the heck is that weapon?!
8:16 - What's the big deal with Buddhism?
9:50 - Axis Mundi
13:06 - Dinosaurs???
14:20 - The Great Lake (Thanks to connor wintermute ! You can find the original comment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1yTXZyPd8&lc=UgzcfUFT4PIiIfw3PEl4AaABAg )
15:40 - Colonialism and "protection" of artifacts
17:48 - Angkor was not in Cambodian control when it became a French protectorate
18:20 - Tree preservation
20:30 - Next up on Extra History
21:37 - Walpole Fact!
And that's it! See you next week everyone!
Comments
When will the Extra History Christmas Break be?
Martin Verran
2019-11-23 15:45:17 +0000 UTCActually, when you talked about the extremely steep stairs leading up to the godheads, I was reminded of the stairs at Wat Arun - the Temple of the Dawn. When I visited it, I was literally crawling on all fours to get up to the last step and I was wondering how people managed to climb them and stay upright and it was some surprise to hear that actually having to crawl up those steps was a feature, not a bug. The more you know (here's a great link to an image I found online since I didn't actually upload any photos of my own that are linkable: https://www.flickr.com/photos/phoenixation/2703363366)
Darren Loo
2019-11-23 11:36:59 +0000 UTC
