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Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...
Archaeologists have been restoring the ninth dilapidated brick tower of Bakong temple in Cambodia's famed Angkor ...
Angkor reached megacity proportions in the 12th century, when Suryavarman II ordered the construction of Angkor Wat (which he dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu). At that time, ...
Angkor Wat, the world's biggest religious complex, is sacred to two faiths. The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious ...
You've heard of Angkor Wat, but you've probably never heard of this stunning off-the-beaten-track alternative that's home to ...
Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which got its start in AD 802 when the god-king Jayavarman II declared the region’s independence from Java. At its height, ...
From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...
Angkor Wat is on UNESCO's World Heritage List, which recognizes sites with cultural, historical and natural significance. Tourism of Cambodia has information about Angkor Wat and tips on visiting ...
Angkor Wat today, as viewed across a pond next to the 12th-century Hindu temple to Vishnu built under the rule of Suryavarman II. Credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen ...
B igger than Greater Glasgow and decked in detailed bas-reliefs, the Unesco-venerated temples of Angkor in Cambodia’s second-largest city of Siem Reap are an outlier of sorts when it comes to ...
ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia’s prized tourist destination, receives over 2.5 million visitors a year. Sometimes, at dawn, it can feel like a million of them are right there next to you, ...