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Angkor Wat
Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu (Vishnu). A pyramid temple in three tiers built on an artificial mound with four enclosures and opening unusually to the west, suggesting this was the funerary temple of Suryavarman II. The external wall forms a rectangle of 1025 by 800 metres which is enclosed by a moat 190…
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Bakong
881 AD Indravarman I Hindu (Shiva). A temple mountain enclosed within a laterite wall and two moats – the third suchtemple after Ak Yum and Rong Cheng (at Phnom Kulen to the north east) and the first to make extensive use of sandstone. The central sanctuary in the Angkor Wat style, which was probably built…
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Ta Prohm Kel
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. A lone sandstone tower within a single ruined laterite enclosure. The stele discovered at Ta Prohm in 1928 gives details of 102 hospitals established by Jayavarman VII. This building is probably the chapel of one of these. One stands outside each of the cardinal gates to Angkor Thom.…
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Ak Yum
Beginning of 7th century, Hindu. A small three tiered brick pyramid with primary elements in sandstone, still mostly buried under the 11th century dike of the western baray. Thought to be central to the first ancient capital city, inscriptions give the dates 609 AD, 704 AD and 1001 AD. Not much remains. More at ‘The…
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The Angkor Survey
There are over a hundred major temple sites to be visited in and around Siem Reap – the religious remains of a series of cities during the Khmer Empire era, built by a succession of kings from around the 7th to the 13th centuries. The following is a survey of the Angkor archeological region during…
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Banteay Samre
Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu (Vishnu). A finely proportioned temple from the classic period, undated but perhaps a little later than Angkor Wat. Dismantled and reconstructed between 1936 and 1944. More at ‘The Angkor Survey‘. View Larger Map
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Yerevan’s Art
This is a survey of Yerevan’s street art during the global pandemic. I have been in many cities around the world and I have seen a lot of street art during my travels but nothing like the art I surveyed on the streets of Yerevan, Armenia. The thing about the street art there is the…