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Siem Reap, a resort town in northwestern Cambodia, is the gateway to the ruins of Angkor, the seat of the Khmer kingdom from the 9th–15th centuries. Angkor’s vast complex of intricate stone buildings includes preserved Angkor Wat, the main temple, which is pictured on Cambodia’s flag. Giant, mysterious faces are carved into the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom.

Ta Nei

Ta Nei

Ta Nei is a 12th century stone temple located in Angkor, Cambodia. Built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII, it is located near the northwest corner of East Baray, a large sacred reservoir. It was dedicated to the ...

Ta Keo

Ta Keo

Ta Keo had to be the state temple of Jayavarman V, son of Rajendravarman, who had built the Pre Rup. Like Pre Rup, it has five sanctuary towers arranged in a quincunx, built at the highest level of the five-level ...

Prasat Thom

Prasat Thom

The main monument in Koh Ker is Prasat Thom. The stairway to the top is open to a limited number of visitors and the views are spectacular if you can stretch the heights. About 40 entries, dated from 932 to 1010, were ...

Phnom Bakheng

Phnom Bakheng

Phnom Bakheng in Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu and Buddhist temple in the shape of a temple mountain. Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman (889-910). Located ...

Angkor Thom South Gate

Angkor Thom South Gate

The south gate of Angkor Thom is more popular with visitors as it has been fully restored and many of the heads (mostly copies) remain in place. The gate is on the main road to Angkor Thom from Angkor Wat, and gets very ...

Angkor Thom East Gate

Angkor Thom East Gate

The east gate of Angkor Thom was used as a location on the Tomb Raider, where the bandits entered the "tomb" pulling a giant polystyrene apsara. This is the most atmospheric of the gates of Angkor Thom as there is no ...

Angkor Thom West Gate

Angkor Thom West Gate

The sidewalk at the west gate of Angkor Thom collapsed completely, leaving a heap of ancient stones coming out of the ground like victims of a terrible historical ...

Angkor Thom North Gate

Angkor Thom North Gate

Out of 5 gates giving access to the royal Khmer city of Angkor Thom, only two are heavily trafficked. Being on the Petit Circuit through the Angkor Archaeological Park, the South Gate (the busiest because it is also ...

Krol Ko

Krol Ko

Krol Ko in Angkor, Cambodia, is a Buddhist temple built in the late 12th century under the rule of Jayavarman VII. It is north of Neak Pean. Krol Ko is a small temple located north of Neak Pean. It may have served as a ...

Ta Som

Ta Som

Ta Som is a small temple in Angkor, Cambodia, built at the end of the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and east of Neak Pean. The King dedicated the temple to his father, ...

Prasat Kravan

Prasat Kravan

Prasat Kravan is a small 10th century temple consisting of five reddish brick towers on a common terrace located in Angkor, Cambodia to the south of the artificial lake or Baray called Srah Srang. His original Sanskrit ...

Phnom Krom

Phnom Krom

Phnom Krom (Khmer: ភ្នំ ក្រោម) is a 140 m high hill near the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia and there is a temple located at the top that derived its name from the hill, "Prasat Phnom Krom" (Khmer: ...

Phnom Bok

Phnom Bok

Phnom Bok (Khmer: ភ្នំ បូក) is a hill in the northeast east of Baray in Cambodia, with a prasat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទភ្នំបូក) of the same name built on it. It is one of the "trilogies ...

Bat Chum

Bat Chum

Bat Chum (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបាទជុំ) is a small temple built by Kavindrarimathana, a scholarly Buddhist minister of the Khmer king Rajendravarman [1]: 116 in the middle of the tenth century. It is ...

Srah Srang

Srah Srang

Srah Srang (Khmer: ស្រះស្រង់) is a baron or reservoir in Angkor, Cambodia, located south of East Baray and east of Banteay Kdei. It was excavated in the middle of the tenth century, on the initiative ...