Grounds around Angkor Wat

Hann, Tim and the Temples of Angkor.....

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August 25th 2008
The Temples of Angkor By Tim The spectacular castles of Scotland and the grand chateaus of France are dwarfed by the magnificent temples of Angkor in Cambodia’s north. These Hindu and Buddhist temples, some of them dating back to 800AD, are in varying states of reconstruction and ruin. The temple of Ta Prohm has been left for centuries to be swallowed up by the jungle. Enormous trees grow on t ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more