Our guide led us through the dark, in silence, to a small pagoda where Buddhist monks had gathered before sunrise to perform ...
Jane Phare reflects on the highlights of a 16-day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, including eight days drifting down the Mekong ...
Archaeologists just solved a century-old mystery at Cambodia’s Angkor Temple Complex. They unearthed the long-lost torso of a Buddha statue from the Khmer Empire, the medieval Hindu-Buddhist ...
It ruled a vast territory, and hundreds of stone buildings remain its legacy. Outstanding among them is the Angkor Wat. It is a Hindu temple complex and one of the largest religious monuments in the ...
By the late 16th century, when Portuguese missionaries came upon the lotus-shaped towers of Angkor Wat ... Khmer city would have been a rich prize: Inscriptions boast that its temple towers ...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Large crowds of tourists rallied in front of Cambodia's iconic Angkor Wat temple here early Saturday morning to see the stunning sunrise during the spring ...
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 ...
As the Earth tilts and the sun aligns perfectly with the grandeur of Angkor Wat’s central tower, the most iconic temple in Cambodia offers an awe-inspiring spectacle that draws visitors from across ...
Tourists watch the sunrise at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Short videos of visitors running down narrow stone pathways and vaulting over passageways – often overlayed ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head ...
The remarkable find, made in February at Ta Prohm temple, adds another layer of intrigue ... the chest – “an uncommon representation in Khmer (Cambodian) art”, Ms Simon said.
On the shore of Lake paint Tonle Glanders, which is located in the heart of Cambodia, is located the ancient city Angkor, which at one time served as the capital of the Khmer Empire stateliness.