Focus On: Angkor Wat
Sidebar to: Horizons: Angkor Wat: The Universe in Miniature
What?
Angkor Wat
What?
Hindu-Buddhist temple
Where?
Central Cambodia
When?
12 century A.D.
Remains
2.5-mile-long moat surrounding a large enclosure with a temple at the center; relief carvings, statuary, shrines
Other Facts
Unlike most Khmer temples, which face east, Angkor Wat faces west, toward the setting sun and the Land of the Dead.
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