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Douglas Isbell
Headquarters, Washington, DC February 5, 1998
(Phone: 202/358-1753)
Mary Hardin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
(Phone: 818/354-5011)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N98-11
NEW INSIGHTS INTO ANCIENT ANGKOR BY NASA RADAR
TO BE SUBJECT OF PRESS BRIEFING
Radar imagery that may revolutionize archaeological
understanding of the ancient Angkor complex of temples in
northern Cambodia will be the subject of a NASA press briefing
at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 12.
The briefing will originate from NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA. The briefing, including
supporting video material, will be broadcast live on NASA
Television.
Angkor is a vast complex of some 1,000 temples covering
about 100 square miles of northern Cambodia, built between the
8th and 13th centuries AD. Today, much of Angkor is
inaccessible or hidden beneath a dense forest canopy. The
latest research findings were made possible by the Airborne
Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) developed by JPL, an Earth
science instrument that can reveal features hidden from visual
systems.
Participants in the briefing will include:
- Dr. Elizabeth Moore, Head of the Art & Archaeology
Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
- JPL radar scientist Dr. Anthony Freeman
NASA Television is available through GE-2, transponder 9C
at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a
frequency of 3880 Mhz, and audio at 6.8 Mhz. Journalists may
ask questions in the briefing remotely at participating NASA
field centers.
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