With its lotus-filled reservoirs and carved stone pillars, Laos’ Vat Phou temple bears a striking resemblance to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat—except for the crowds. Whereas Angkor draws some six ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian archaeologists have unearthed a large centuries-old statue of a turtle at the Angkor temple complex. The 56-by-93 centimeter (22-by-37 inch) carved stone ...

Cambodia has welcomed the return of two stone statues from the Angkor era that were looted during the country's civil war and taken abroad, where they remained for the past three decades.

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Unfortunately, most of Angkor had become a tangle of jungles and small farms by the 20th century. There was little evidence of medieval settlements beyond the moats' precise edges.

From left: Stone animal carvings line a pond at Mahendraparvata; the summit of Rong Chen, a pyramid-temple on Phnom Kulen. Christopher Wise. Rong Chen, as this temple is known, occupies the summit ...

Cambodia’s Siem Reap is the gateway to ancient Angkor – here’s how to get the best out of your trip - With a sleek new airport and more flight routes, Siem Reap – gateway to jungle-tangled ...

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 ...

In particular, Chantiers-Ecoles de Formation Professionelle, and its offshoot Artisans d'Angkor, were established to help train underprivileged youth in the country's many almost-extinct Khmer ...

Indeed, Angkor Wat was conceived as an earthly model of the cosmos—a miniature replica of the universe in stone, with its central tower rising nearly 200 feet in the air.