The Smithsonian Channel has uploaded a video showing a digital reconstruction of Cambodia's Angkor Wat using 3D image technology. Angkor Wat (Temple City) is a popular tourism destination in Cambodia ...
In this Friday, March 20, 2015, file photo, the sun rises behind Angkor Wat at the eastern site of Siem Reap province, some 143 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File) ...
Angkor Wat is an architectural masterpiece and the most iconic of all Cambodia’s temples. Photograph by Robert Harding Picture Library, Nat Geo Image Collection Spread over a vast area, the site has ...
Researchers working in Cambodia’s Angkor archaeological park have uncovered a sandstone door guardian statue in a remote and seldom-visited temple. Known as a dvarapala, the statue is a widespread ...
Chasing visitors around Cambodia's Angkor temple ruins to offer his services, tour guide Bun Ratana says he has had little ...
Cambodia, a fascinating country in Southeast Asia, shares borders with Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Among its many highlights, the city of Siem Reap stands out as a top destination for one compelling ...
In a clearing of the tropical forest near the entrance to Ta Som, an 800-year-old temple at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia, two architects are having a friendly argument. For the umpteenth time, ...
Planning your next international trip and craving something beyond beaches, shopping streets, and mountains? Imagine standing before a sunrise that spills golden light over ancient stone towers, ...
Built between roughly A.D. 1113 and 1150, and encompassing an area of about 500 acres (200 hectares), Angkor Wat is one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed. Its name means "temple city ...
At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size, it feels ...
The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious shift from Hinduism to Buddhism was beginning. Heavenly towersThe Angkor Wat ...