The collection includes an overall aerial image of Angkor Wat, the crowning glory of the temple ruins from the early 12th century, and photos of gigantic towers with carved faces at the central ...

Built in the middle of the 12th century, the layout and style of the temple are very similar to those of the iconic Angkor Wat temple, the ANA said. Made of blue sandstone, the temple is one of ...

This layout was meant to echo nearby Mount Meru, a sacred five-peaked mountain in Hindu and Buddhist cosmologies. Angkor Wat was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu but was soon after ...

At 400 acres, Angkor Wat is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Despite its size, it feels surprisingly intimate when you’re walking around inside it ...

Archaeologists are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor Wat complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site.