Name: Jungle Atlantis
Released: 2014-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Damian Evans, Scott Hawken, Wayne Johnson

TV Show · Documentary · History

In June 2013, a team of archaeologists announced the discovery of a lost urban landscape, hidden deep in the Cambodian jungle, near the 12th century temple complex of Angkor Wat. This was once a metropolis, home to a million people and the capital of the Khmer Empire. This documentary follows the team as they uncover this forgotten city.

2014 · 59m

Starring Damian Evans, Scott Hawken, Wayne Johnson

Director Nick Green

EPISODE 1

Angkor Wat's Hidden Megacity

A thousand years ago the Khmer people in Cambodia built a kingdom that stretched a million square kilometres. Its capital was the lost jungle city of Angkor, once the largest city on Earth. At the heart of the city was Angkor Wat, a vast temple complex covering an area over four times larger than the Vatican City.
EPISODE 2

Death of Angkor Wat's Megacity

Buried in the Cambodian jungle lie the lost remains of the great medieval city of Angkor, once the capital of one of the world's greatest civilisations. Today, only the great stone temples like Angkor Wat survive.