The Faces Of Bayon

What A Lot Of Wats

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December 14th 2006
First off some quick lessons from the Khmer lexicon. The word Wat is Khmer (Cambodian) for Temple and Angkor is the name of the city and seat of the great Khmer Empire that once ruled most of South East Asia with its centre in what is now, Cambodia. Next we'll start from the beginning, not as far back as the Khmer empire but to 8 months ago when we were still in the UK maki ... 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