Angkor Wat
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But he is hopeful tourists will return to the Angkor archaeological park -- home to scores of temple ruins from the Khmer Empire, including the Bayon Temple and top attraction, Angkor Wat.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
I meet Sothea on a hot and sticky afternoon this summer, in Siem Reap, a town close to Angkor Wat and the other monuments that first drew Johnson to Cambodia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
The brand new Chinese-built airport terminal at Siem Reap, gateway to the famed temple complex of Angkor Wat, is deserted.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
And it makes me wonder: How will future archaeologists interpret our contemporary relationship with Stonehenge, Egypt’s pyramids, Cahokia, Angkor Wat, and other ancient monuments?
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 29, 2023
In the fifteenth century, Angkor Wat was abandoned to the jungles after an invasion by Siam and forgotten about until French explorers rediscovered it in the nineteenth century.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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