Have you ever marveled at the intelligence and creativity of ancient human civilizations, and imagined how they built those breathtaking buildings and works of art?
It is majestic and beautiful, each of its stones is exquisitely carved, covered with bas-relief paintings, its exquisite workmanship and rich imagination have reached an unbelievable level.
However, this magnificent temple was abandoned at the end of the 14th century and was not rediscovered by Europeans until the 19th century.
One of the most mysterious is that the Angkor Wat complex actually hints at the star map of the Draco constellation.
Historian Graham Hancock believes that Angkor Wat references the Draco constellation, which was seen by ancient people about 12,000 years ago.
In 1860, French biologist Henri Mouault, with his love and curiosity for tropical flora and fauna, went to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Therefore, Henri Mouault decided to explore this unknown land in depth, searching for the rare flowers and plants he had always dreamed of.
These traces led him to an ancient and mysterious temple complex.
Mouhot is often mistakenly credited with `discovering` Angkor Wat, although Angkor Wat has never been lost—the location and existence of the entire Angkor ruins have always been known to the Khmer and have been recognized by some.
Henri Mouault felt as if he had entered a dreamlike world, and decided to stop here, carefully exploring and recording everything.
Henri Mouault also wrote down his feelings and experiences, hoping to tell the world about this amazing discovery.
The disappearance of Henri Mouault made local residents and the French government feel strange, and a large-scale investigation and search campaign was launched.
Fortunately, his notes about Angkor Wat miraculously survived alongside the body and were brought back to Europe.
Built in the early 12th century, Angkor Wat is one of the world’s largest religious monuments, attracting more than 2 million tourists each year.
To study the ruins of Angkor Wat, scientists used drones and ground-penetrating radar technology to scan the entire Angkor Wat temple into a map.
Archaeologists conducted astronomical calculations and discovered that about 12,000 years ago, the lowest point of the constellation Draco in the sky was directly above the head of Angkor Wat, and the constellation on the horizon was Leo.
Researchers believe that the Angkor civilization was established in 802 AD.
Accordingly, many people have put forward a hypothesis that this is not a coincidence but evidence that there is a mysterious connection between Angkor Wat and other ancient civilizations.
However, this hypothesis has caused a lot of controversy.
They pointed out that the stone materials in the temple are perfectly machined in terms of specifications and dimensions, and all the statues of gods, Buddhas, people, and statues are smoothed with edges and lifelike.
It takes two hours to polish a stone weighing less than 100 pounds, and the weight of the largest single stone at Angkor Wat exceeds ten tons.
But what is more surprising is that the entire Angkor Wat was built on a swamp without any foundation structure.
Some time ago, historians believed that the Angkor civilization collapsed in 1431, when the army of the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya sacked the capital, so it was abandoned.
Although the hypotheses presented may be intriguing to most people, most scholars and experts disagree with these statements, finding them disrespectful and misleading.
Whether or not Angkor Wat is related to Draco or aliens is unknown, but it is still a magical and astonishing work of architecture, a precious and unique piece of cultural heritage.