Cambodia · Zone
Angkor
The largest religious monument ever built and the defining achievement of Southeast Asian civilisation — Angkor, the capital…
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Cambodia · Zone
Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom was built around 1181 AD by Jayavarman VII after Cham invaders had sacked and burned the…
Cambodia · Monument
Angkor Thom — Bayon
Angkor Thom's Bayon temple carries 216 serene stone faces across its 54 towers, the centrepiece of Jayavarman VII's…
Cambodia · Building
Bayon and Angkor Thom
The last great state temple of the Khmer Empire — 54 stone towers bearing 216 giant faces carved…
Cambodia · Zone
Beng Mealea
Beng Mealea was built roughly contemporaneously with Angkor Wat — around 1100 to 1150 AD — by artisans…
Cambodia
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — Ta Prohm Temple at Angkor
Simon West filmed Angelina Jolie entering a fictional tomb at Ta Prohm — the temple the French deliberately…
Cambodia · Tradition
Sbek Thom shadow theatre
Khmer shadow puppeteers manipulate large leather figures against a glowing screen, enacting the Ramayana while narrators and orchestras…
Cambodia · Zone
Ta Prohm
Built in 1186 by the Khmer king Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university, Ta Prohm is…
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