The collection includes an overall aerial image of Angkor Wat, the crowning glory of the temple ruins from the early 12th century, and photos of gigantic towers with carved faces at the central ...

Images of the twelfth century temple known today as Angkor Wat have appeared on every Cambodian flag since the country gained its independence from France in l953. Cambodia is the only nation in the ...

Building Angkor Wat took about 30 years. When you enter, you walk through three galleries on paved paths. These paths lead you deeper into the temple’s vast area. The central towers look like ...

Cambodia's Angkor Wat heritage site is seen in this image provided by the Korea Heritage Agency. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap ...

By the late 16th century, when Portuguese missionaries came upon the lotus-shaped towers of Angkor Wat—the most elaborate of the city's temples and the world's largest religious monument—the ...

Interestingly, Wat Phou, which translates to “temple mountain”, predates Angkor Wat, the most famous Khmer site located in neighbouring Cambodia. Those who make the somewhat arduous journey to ...

The Angkor site sprawls across some 400 square kilometers (155 square miles), containing the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to the 15th centuries, including the temple of Angkor Wat.