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STUDIES, SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL chap. 



The Ancient Civilization of the Khmers. 



Although a Chinese traveller described this civiliza- 

 tion, in all its grandeur only a short time before its 



Fig. 77.— Part of Ancient Cambodian Temple at Ankhor-Thom, 



destruction about six hundred years ago, the wonderful 

 ruins of its cities and temples were first made known to 

 Europe by Mr. Henri Mouhot, a French traveller and natur- 



