In the eyes of Khmer people, the most significant bas-relief located in the Churning of the Sea of Milk Gallery portrays devas and asuras in a dramatic tug of war, representing the eternal struggle of ...

The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious shift from Hinduism to Buddhism was beginning. Heavenly towersThe Angkor Wat ...

Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...

Crowds hug the reflective pools waiting for the morning sun to saturate the chiseled towers of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument on earth. Then, after a day or so, they go. Angkor Wat, in the ...

Lidar mapping of the area surrounding the Angkor Wat temple complex in northwestern Cambodia shows that beneath thick forest cover an ancient city-block-style grid extends beyond the site’s ...

An international team, led by the University of British Columbia, examined three decades of data to create a demographic model of the Medieval city. Their model revealed that the capital of the ...

I’m looking at a seven-tiered pyramid that has more in common with Mexico’s Chichen Itza temple than it does the structures often associated with Cambodia’s Khmer kingdoms. What’s more, I’ve got the ...

The kings of Angkor Wat may have inadvertently caused the downfall of their own vast empire by seizing land from local farmers, a new study claims. Researchers studying the ancient Khmer civilisation, ...

Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, is located in the middle of the jungle in northern Cambodia, but it attracts tourists from around the world who flock to the remote region to ...

The ancient Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial metropolis in the world, with a population near 1 million and an urban sprawl that stretched over an area similar to ...