To the untrained eye, the ruins of Koh Ker look a lot like Angkor Wat: weathered masonry, vine-tangled walls, and inscriptions carved into stone. You may feel like the hero of an adventure film, ...
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 ...