When you hear “Khmer Empire,” your mind likely leaps straight to Angkor Wat, and who could blame you? Yet the empire was far bigger and more brilliant than one temple complex alone.

Could it shed new light on the early years of the Khmer civilization that went on to build the great medieval city of Angkor, home of the spectacular temple of Angkor Wat? Now, an international ...

Angkor was the capital of the Khmer empire, which controlled much of the region between the 9th and 15th centuries. The stunning accomplishments of Angkor’s great kings are clear to see—but ...

Join me on a mesmerizing journey through Angkor Wat, the heart of the Khmer Empire! Experience the breathtaking architecture and rich history that make this place so captivating. Discover why ...

The inaugural three-day "Khmer Martial Arts Journey to the Historical Site of Angkor" programme successfully concluded in Siem Reap province yesterday, August 29. Provincial governor Prak Sophoan ...

Three people have been killed and several others injured when they were struck by lightning while visiting Cambodia’s famous ...

For instance, the mapping project turned up evidence of urbanization on both sides of Angkor Wat’s famed moat. Meanwhile, the twelfth-century A.D. Khmer capital Angkor Thom has now quadrupled in ...

Home to the jungle-swallowed ruins of the ninth- to 15th-century capital cities of the Khmer Empire, the Angkor Archaeological Park has been on my to-visit list since I found out it existed ...

At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size ...

Angkor was a metropolis of a million or so people, the capital of the Khmer kingdom, which flourished for 500 years, peaking in the 12th century. (The word “Khmer” refers to Cambodia’s ...

Angkor Wat is Cambodia's best-known tourist ... which sprawls across some 155 square miles and contains the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to the 15th centuries, one of the most ...

In 1996, he established Oakland Khmer Angkor Dance, a traditional dance troupe for youth. He continued visiting Stockton and met his wife Neary by a sapling while dancing in the rain in the temple ...