In front of doorway at Banteay Srei

To the doorstep of the Ancient City

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March 10th 2011
When the Khmer empire was at its height, nine centuries ago, the city at Angkor is thought to have been around 400 square miles in size with a population of up to a million people at a time when London had less than a hundred thousand. Houses and ordinary amenities were built of wood and have long since decayed and disintegrated, but hundreds of often magnificent stone temples remain. Angkor Wat i ... 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