The temples of Angkor, built by the Khmer civilization between 802 and 1220 AD, represent one of humankind's most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements.
The structures one sees at Angkor today, more than 100 stone temples in all, are the surviving remains of a grand religious, social and administrative metropolis
Consisting of an enormous temple symbolizing the mythic Mt. Meru, its five inter-nested rectangular walls and moats represent chains of mountains and the cosmic ocean.
All in all, freakin' amazing.
What get you when you get there is the vastness of the structure.
The pix:
"Welcome ye' weary travellers."
"Angkor Wat, built during the early years of the 12th century by Suryavaram II, honors the Hindu god Vishnu and is a symbolic representation of Hindu cosmology. "
"The reaaaaaalllly narrow steps leading to the top...Did they have small feet back then ?"
"One of the many rooms where the head of the idols were hacked off by looters."
"Not only did these amazing people build Angor Wat stone by stone but they also carved almost every stone."
"One of the many libraries in Angkor Wat. Obviously education even then was essential."
"The short dimensions of the huge compound are precisely aligned along a north-south axis, while the east-west axis has been deliberately diverted 0.75 degrees south of east and north of west, seemingly in order to give observers a three day anticipation of the spring equinox."
"Germany is one of many countries assisting in the restoration of Angkor Wat."
"One last look at Angkor Wat and the famous tree...now onwards to Bayon !"© All Pictures by Headliner unless stated. All Rights Reserved. Not to be used without permission.
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