It’s a huge sign of the Khmer Empire‘s greatness. It was first for the Hindu God Vishnu. Now, it’s a wonder that has amazed millions for centuries. Building Angkor Wat took about 30 years.

Restored in the 1940s, the 12th-century Banteay Samre, devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, recalls the medieval Khmer Empire at its height. The temple is cloistered inside two sets of concentric ...

The event was intended to promote the environmentally-sensitive Unesco-listed World Heritage site, where the ruins of the Khmer empire’s greatest monuments are surrounded by lush forests and ...

The Khmer Empire had extended into northern Thailand by the sixth century, and some of the most famous ancient sites in that country include Phimai, Khorat, Prasat Sikhoraphum (between Surin and ...

Explore the tumultuous rise of the Khmer Empire, one of the greatest civilizations in human history with the immense temple complex of Angkor Wat at its heart.

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia, most of whose people consider themselves descendants of the ancient Khmer Empire. But painful memories still endure of the ...

She visits the world's largest temple, Angkor Wat, and then travels to the Cambodian jungle to discover more about the roots of the Khmer Empire.