After the king’s death in 1150, the complex transitioned to a Buddhist site under new King Jayavarman VII, who also built his own extravagant temple city, Angkor Thom, nearby. Angkor Wat ...

For the past thirty years, the Bayon Temple of Angkor Thom has been the centrepiece of an ambitious conservation and restoration initiative, realised through the concerted efforts of UNESCO, Japan, ...

it is set in the midst of a village ten miles north of Angkor Thom. Its pink sandstone walls—alive with ornate carvings of flowers, vines, columns and miniature temples—contrast to the ...

But the temples of Angkor, built on a more accessible flat ... their headquarters in Anlong Thom, a village on the plateau. “I was one of the first Westerners to go back to this village since ...

PHNOM PENH, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China has been a major contributor to safeguarding, preserving and developing the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, ...

The complex, which includes the famous temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, was constructed with blocks of sandstone and has survived war, earthquakes and forest overgrowth. Over the years ...

The ancient Bayon Temple formed a dramatic backdrop to celebrate the arrival of the Bvlgari Aeterna high jewellery collection.

An curved arrow pointing right. Lonely Planet named the Temples of Angkor the #1 travel site in the world. The Buddhist monument in Cambodia has more than 1,000 temples, shrines and tombs.