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Lost City of Angkor Wat

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LOST CITY OF ANGKOR SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

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The ancient city of Angkor used to be a capital of the ancient Khmer Empire in Cambodia

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The Angkor Wat Temple was built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II in the honour of Hindu God Vishnu

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Angkor Wat is just one of over a thousand temples in the Ancient city of Angkor

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The temple walls are decorated with thousands of story telling bas-reliefs

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Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument on the planet

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Originally built for the Hindu religion, Angkor Wat became Buddhist in the late 13th century

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Frenchman Henri Mouhot discovered this enigmatic temple complex in 1860

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Angkor Wat was built as a symbolic representation of Mount Meru

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Unusually, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west, a direction typically related to death in Hinduism

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Five million tons of sandstone were used to build Angkor Wat

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The temple complex was destroyed by the Siamese troops in 1431

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Angkor ruins stretch more than 400 square kilometres

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Lost City of Angkor Wat
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2020May 13
14 Interesting facts about Angkor Wat.

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