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Season 53 · Episode 2
Landed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 · 21:00 your time · 1 episode · 57m
Season 53, Episode 2 of NOVA aired Wednesday, 28 January 2026 at 9pm ET on PBS.
- S53E02Angkor: Hidden Jungle EmpireUncover the lost secrets of a once-mighty empire. The city of Angkor, the seat of the great Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia for 500 years, was once the biggest city in the world. For centuries, this incredible civilization flourished, building the largest religious monument on Earth, Angkor Wat, and mastering urban engineering in a challenging landscape. But then it was mysteriously abandoned, swallowed by the jungle. Now, cutting-edge technology and new discoveries are finally revealing how this astounding empire rose to global prominence – and what likely led to its devastating collapse. Follow a scientific detective story that is challenging everything we thought we knew about this ancient metropolis.
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