Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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Angkor Wat is the most hydrologically advanced system in the ancient world.
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Angkor did have a huge, sophisticated network of reservoirs, canals and moats, and research ranks it among the largest preindustrial cities in the world by area. But scholars don't rank it as the most advanced water system of the ancient world, and Angkor dates from about AD 802 to the 1400s, so it is medieval rather than ancient. It is also in Cambodia, not the Pacific islands, and LiDAR surveys have already mapped much of its scale.
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Is it true that Angkor Wat is the most hydrologically advanced system in the ancient world?
It leaves out the other side. Angkor did have a huge, sophisticated network of reservoirs, canals and moats, and research ranks it among the largest preindustrial cities in the world by area. Tyler Engle said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 1:42:02. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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