by guest9 » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:41 am
I'm not overly amazed by buildings erected with the blood of thousands of nameless slaves, but I am amazed by the extent Jayavarman IV's architects fucked up at Koh Ker. That is quite a story, putting a lie to the notion that the builders of these constructions were unfeasible geniuses. They forgot to add adequate spillways over the embankment, focusing too much on the views of the fancy temples and not on the practicalities. As a consequence, the embankment burst in the first flood and the city was abandoned, with J4 scurrying back to Angkor.
I'm not overly amazed by buildings erected with the blood of thousands of nameless slaves, but I am amazed by the extent Jayavarman IV's architects fucked up at Koh Ker. That is quite a story, putting a lie to the notion that the builders of these constructions were unfeasible geniuses. They forgot to add adequate spillways over the embankment, focusing too much on the views of the fancy temples and not on the practicalities. As a consequence, the embankment burst in the first flood and the city was abandoned, with J4 scurrying back to Angkor.