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Angkor’s Bronze Age: The Lost Foundries of the Khmer Empire
Season 4 Episode 168
Long before Angkor Wat rose from the jungle, the Khmer civilization was already a powerhouse of bronze casting. This episode dives into the archaeolo…
3 weeks ago
Angkor's Firewood Crisis: Deforestation and Collapse
Season 4 Episode 167
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known factor in the fall of the Khmer Empire: the empire's insatiable demand for firewood. As Angkor…
3 weeks ago
Angkor's Lost Horses: The Cavalry That Failed an Empire
Season 4 Episode 166
In Episode 166, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known factor in the Khmer Empire's decline: the failure to adopt cavalry warfare. While Angkor's armi…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Angkor's Elephant Corps: The War Animal That Shaped an Empire
Season 4 Episode 165
In episode 165 of the Fexingo History podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the crucial but often overlooked role of war elephants in the Khmer Empire. Fro…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Angkor's Black Rice: The Famine That Finished an Empire
Season 4 Episode 164
We've talked about drought, war, and religious change — but what if the final blow to Angkor was something as simple as rice? In this episode, Lucas …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Angkor's Last Inscription: The Final Words of the Khmer Empire
Season 4 Episode 163
In 1327, the last known inscription was carved at Angkor Wat — a cryptic Sanskrit text that marks the end of the classical Khmer Empire. This episode…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Angkor's Forgotten Fortress: Phnom Chisor and the Khmer Military Frontier
Season 4 Episode 162
A sandstone escarpment rises from the Cambodian plain, crowned by a temple-mountain and ringed by walls that have puzzled archaeologists for decades.…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Day Angkor's Moat Turned to Mud: A New Collapse Theory
Season 4 Episode 161
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a fresh theory about the Khmer Empire's collapse: not war, not drought alone, but a cascading infrastructure …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Buddhist Revolution That Abandoned Angkor
Season 4 Episode 160
For centuries, Khmer kings ruled as living gods — devarajas — enthroned in vast temple-mountains like Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, sustained by a stat…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Khmer Siege of Angkor That Never Was — A New Theory
Season 4 Episode 159
For decades, historians believed Angkor fell to a brutal Siamese siege in 1431. But in this episode, Lucas and Luna examine a radical reinterpretatio…
3 weeks, 5 days ago