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Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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July 13th 2006
Phnom Penh While in Phnom Penh we visited the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, made infamous by the killing fields and the S21 prison where 20,000 of the most educated civilians were killed by the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979. In remembrance of those killed there is a huge monument filled with thousands of the victims skulls, many of which belonged to small children. Inside ... 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