AI assists archaeologist in mapping Angkorian-period structures

AI assists archaeologist in mapping Angkorian-period structures

Archaeologists have created deep learning models, specifically with DeepLab V3+, for semantic segmentation to identify previously unknown reservoirs from the Angkor period. Angkor, situated in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, served as the capital of the Khmer Empire between the 9th and 15th centuries AD. After the Empire’s collapse in AD 1431, the city was largely abandoned, except for several ancient temple complexes that continued to be used fo…