Angkor Wat
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“People used to know Cambodia for Angkor Wat and saw us as a great nation,” said Chhay Sinarith, a senior minister in Cambodia’s government in charge of combating cybercrimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
He took the first known photographs of the temple of Angkor Wat, in the country known today as Cambodia.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
It contains the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to 15th centuries, including the temple of Angkor Wat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Covering more than twenty-five miles of temples, Angkor Wat was built by powerful Khmer kings as monuments of self-glorification in the ninth century and completed three hundred years later.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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