S4 E7 Mapping Palenque Part 3
The final chapter of the Palenque Mapping Project, Season 1. More snakes, more temples, and a robbery at gun point! I got by with a little help from my friends.
Show Notes:
Here’s a link to my Season 1 report to FAMSI: https://www.famsi.org/reports/97024/
Ok, I listened on YouTube, (might have accidentally hit the play button more than once… Oops…)
Armed robbers are more excitement than I need. Another fantastic narrative that drops us right into the adventure. Gonna be tough to return to a traditional academic presentation next month, good idea to spread out the trilogy.
I am at this moment in Siem Reap.
Today I rested after 5 straight full days of temple hopping and painting: Crowds indeed down a.lot…and a wicked cacaphony of cicadas that thankfully quiets to silent maybe half the time before ramping back up to earsplitting loud.
Early morning, There were literally 2 visitors at Bantaey Srei for an hour, a handful at Bayon the morning before that, a handful at Preah Khan the morning before that. True tranquility with plump lotuses in full bloom with dragonflies at Neak Poan.
There was a crew of Chinese archaeologists driving a little laser 3d mapping apparatus, capturing the bas reliefs. And the work at Ta Phrom hall of dancers Is complete and open. That’s the one where they took piles of stones on the ground and reassembled them into an intersecting corbelled vault temple, adding new stones as.necessary.
Keep up the good work, there are still more adventures out there!
Hi David,
Have a great time in Angkor! I’m headed back there myself in August. They are reconstructing one of the gates of Angkor Thom with the hole in the roof properly put back together. I can’t wait to see it!