Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 18 · Episode 4

The Lost Temple of Java

S18E04·May 8, 1999·50m·BBC Two

When English explorer Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles travelled to the heart of the Indonesian island of Central Java in the early 1800s, he found a jungle-covered hill littered with a few statues. Spurred on by stories of a lost temple, his careful excavation uncovered a massive structure in the shape of a pyramid. Now, following recent renovations, more questions about the temple's fascinating history can be answered.

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