Behind the Terrace of Elephants

The Temples of Angkor

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October 16th 2010
15 October 2010 - The Dawn of a New Day I say Angkor Wat, you say…Angelina Jolie/Tomb Raider/Lara Croft. I say Angkor Wat, I think temples, I think ruins, I think “takes your breath away”. This morning, we began our pilgrimage. The Temples of Angkor are to Cambodia as the Great Wall is to China and were built between 802 and 1432 AD, a time when the Khmer Empire was a force to ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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