Angkor Wat, in the town of Siem Reap, and the hundreds of almost equally inexplicably grand temples that surround it, provide an endowment to the nation of Cambodia, a never-ending tide of US dollars.

Angkor Wat, the world's biggest religious complex, is sacred to two faiths. The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious ...

IN MID February 2020, I spent a few days in Siem Reap, the Cambodian city just outside the ruins of Angkor Wat. One night, I went to see the drag queen show at the Barcode nightclub where I ...

Angkor Wat’s international reputation has firmly placed Cambodia on the global tourism map. However, as Vichit explains, “Ancient monuments account for only a small percentage of tourism ...

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia’s prized tourist destination, receives over 2.5 million visitors a year. Sometimes, at dawn, it can feel like a million of them are right there next to you, disembarking ...

Cambodia, a fascinating country in Southeast Asia, shares borders with Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Among its many highlights, the city […] The post Visiting Angkor Wat: The Biggest Religious Site in ...

The massive temple complex that is Cambodia’s Angkor Wat is famed as the world’s largest religious monument. Now, researchers have determined the city’s population at its zenith in the 13th ...

Angkor Wat was built in the 12th century. Later, during the reign of one of the greatest kings, Jayavarman VII, Khmer people built Bayon, Ta Prohm and other temples in the area.