The remains were found in clay pots and tree trunks. For 9 years, archaeologists have found ten such burials and they all belong to a previously unknown people.
One such site with pots full of bones was found atop a high cliff 160 feet (48 meters) above the ground. “The point of such a burial was that if they tried to loot it, they might fall, breaking their necks,” researcher Nancy Beavan told a journalist from National Geographic.
According to experts from the University of New Zealand, the age of the remains ranges between 1395 and 1650 BC. This period coincides with the decline of the wealthy kingdom of Angkor, famous for its magnificent temples.
However, there is a discrepancy here. Residents of Angkor have always buried their dead with the help of cremation, traces of which were not found on the bones found. This suggests that these people lived according to their local customs, perhaps closed and far from a developed civilization. Archaeologists and historians have a lot of work to do to find out what kind of people they were.