Reporting from Siem Reap, Cambodia — When French travel writer Pierre Loti took an ox cart to Angkor shortly after Westerners rediscovered it in the 19th century, he found creeper-choked ruins ...

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City in the jungle Dense vegetation dominates the landscape today, and the temples of Angkor appear isolated, like islands half subsumed by jungle. In its heyday in the 12th and 13th centuries ...

For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the jungle all but swallowed Angkor. In 1850, the ruins were rediscovered by Father Charles-Emile Bouillevaux, a French missionary, ...

Deep in the Cambodian jungle lie the remains of a vast medieval city, which was hidden for centuries. New archaeological techniques are now revealing its secrets - including an elaborate network ...

Tourist jungle grows over Angkor Wat Visitors are flocking to the ancient ruins in record numbers, straining the area's weak infrastructure. By Adam Piore Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor ...

(CNN) --The ancient city of Angkor, the center of a bizarre modern day spat between Cambodia and Thailand, is the jewel of Cambodia's cultural heritage. Even the radical Khmer Rouge regime, which ...

Since Angkor Wat became a world heritage site in 1992, its jungle, which covers more than 6,500 hectares, has benefited from increased legal and physical protections. There are hopes that wildlife ...

Fly over the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia with this breathtaking drone footage. Marvel at the intricate stone carvings, towering spires, and lush jungle surroundings of this ...

Though the city was abandoned and reclaimed by the jungle, the temple of Angkor Wat remained an important Buddhist site, and a number of monks stayed behind and maintained it. Angkor Wat was ...

Home to the jungle-swallowed ruins of the ninth- to 15th-century capital cities of the Khmer Empire, the Angkor Archaeological Park has been on my to-visit list since I found out it existed ...