While Angkor Wat was originally a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, Cambodia is now mainly Buddhist. Some visitors may not realise Angkor is the largest religious site in the world, still home to ...

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 ...

Visitor numbers at the Angkor Wat temple complex have also fallen since the pandemic. Currently, around 1,000 to 1,500 people visit each day compared to up to 9,000 before the pandemic, according ...

Staff writer Marla Jo Fisher in front of the ancient temple of Angkor Wat–the most important tourist attraction in Cambodia. (Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG.) Taken Jan. 1, 2023.

One hundred and fifty years ago, a French naturalist wandering the jungles of Cambodia stumbled upon an archaeological gold mine. Hidden in the jungle were several temples built by a succession of ...

As the gateway to Angkor Wat, Siem Reap might seem like a place you pass through on your way to something more interesting nearby. Cambodia: from tenth-century temples to mid-century modern But ...

About 400 metres south of Angkor Thom, this temple on a hill overlooking Angkor Wat is where many visitors come to take a sunset photo of the great monument. It’ll be crowded with other visitors ...

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.

CAMBODIA: Sunnyvale residents Mahesh and Rovina Suri visited Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat complex recently, calling it “a must in a lifetime, because the ancient temple complex is mesmerizing ...

Staff writer Marla Jo Fisher in front of the ancient temple of Angkor Wat–the most important tourist attraction in Cambodia. (Marla Jo Fisher/SCNG.) Taken Jan. 1, 2023.