Did you know Angkor Wat covers 402 acres? It’s the biggest religious building in the world. Located in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, it was built in the early 12th century by King Suryavarman II.

Archaeologists of Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) have completed the restoration of Tower 15 at Phnom Bakheng ...

Angkor Wat, built in the early twelfth century, served as a monument to a powerful king, Suryavarman II, and also as his tomb, The temple, dedicated to Vishnu, covers over a square mile. Its ...

The Khmer Empire had extended into northern Thailand by the sixth century, and some of the most famous ancient sites in that ...

No one really knows why the cities were abandoned. Some claim that a bloody battle caused people to evacuate, others that it was caused by changes in religion (Khmer's Hinduism was replaced by ...

Experts say the statue is the most important to have been found at Angkor Wat in recent years Archaeologists at Cambodia's celebrated Angkor Wat temple complex ... which was built over different ...

The rapid growth of tourism to the Angkor temple complex has put strains on the town’s transport capacity. Cycling infrastructure could offer a solution. Cambodia's wondrous temples reflect the ...

The kingdom's de facto currency was rice, staple of the conscripted laborers who built the ... three large temples to the equation—Preah Khan and the larger complexes of Angkor Wat and the ...

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.

The Cambodian government has been accused of using "direct and subtle threats" to evict thousands of families living near the Angkor Wat Unesco World ... which manages the temple complex, the ...