At its height in the 13th century, Angkor boasted a population of around 700,000 to 900,000. Christian Haugen via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 During the 13th century, the southeast Asian city of ...

ANGKOR, Cambodia At the magical temple of Ta Prohm, 200-year-old trees grow from the ruins, their roots embracing the ancient stone walls like giant snakes. Archeologists from India are trying to ...

SIEM REAP -- The visitor waits for sunrise, peering into quiet dark. As the light slowly comes, five soaring towers take shape, silhouetted like grand gods against a faint sky. As more light appears, ...

Artist’s interpretation of daily life inside Angkor Wat’s fourth enclosure, late 12th century. Illustration: Tom Chandler, Mike Yeates, Chandara Ung and Brent McKee, Monash University, 2021 Angkor, in ...

Historians have always assumed that the medieval city of Angkor, today located in Cambodia, was huge, simply based on how much land its kings commanded. From the ninth to the 15th centuries, Angkor ...

Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple ...

Crowds hug the reflective pools waiting for the morning sun to saturate the chiseled towers of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument on earth. Then, after a day or so, they go. Angkor Wat, in the ...

Plans to build a new amusement park and resort near Cambodia’s most famous historic site, the Angkor Archaeological Park, have worried conservation experts. In November, the Cambodian government ...