The temple of Angkor Wat was much larger and more complex than previously thought, archaeologists have discovered, noting that it had more components than previously envisaged, and was bounded on its ...
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 century, ...
Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. To see this complex without fighting your way through a mob ...
It’s a real-life Temple Run. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat, a Hindu-Buddhist temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, has received an influx of tourists reportedly disrespecting their religious ...
After a string of incidents involving tourists stripping and streaking, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has introduced a new code of conduct laws to cut down in misbehaving visitors. The UNESCO World Heritage ...
The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat were brought to the site via a network of hundreds of canals, according to new research. The findings shed light on ...
In our regular series, household names revisit the favourite holiday destinations of their youth. This week, the travel writer and historian William Dalrymple returns to Angkor Wat... I first went to ...
Until recently, archaeologists didn’t know much about a secret underground town rumored to exist just outside the temple walls of the Cambodian city of Angkor Wat. It was presumed to be there because ...
A passenger bus in Cambodia crashed off a bridge into a river on Thursday, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...