The structure is made of sand, is about 1,500m × 600m (about one mile by 1,970 feet) in size and its purpose is unknown. (Image courtesy Khmer Archaeology Lidar Consortium (KALC)) Eight buried towers ...

PHNOM PENH, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The restoration work on the southwest and northwest parts of the famed Angkor Wat's Bakan tower in Cambodia has almost been completed, the Apsara National Authority ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Phnom Penh, July 11 (IANS) The restoration work on the northeast corner of Angkor Wat's Bakan Tower in Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park is making remarkable progress, said an ...

Archaeologists on Wednesday started to restore the northeast platform of Angkor Wat's Bakan Tower in Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, said an APSARA National Authority (ANA)'s news release. A ...

Each year, millions of visitors flock to Angkor Wat, an ancient temple in modern-day Cambodia. There, they marvel at the 900-year-old towers, a giant moat and the shallow relief sculptures of Hindu ...

Researchers used LIDAR or ground-penetrating radar and airborne light detection and ranging techniques to detect several structures that are yet to be excavated. An immense structure to the south of ...

While visiting Angkor Wat earlier this year, I was overwhelmed by the number of visitors cramming into the temples. I'm not the only one who noticed the crush of people: Rumors swirled that Angkor may ...

At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size, it feels ...

THE DAYS of hacking through a jungle and fending off leopards and wild elephants before entering the gates of Angkor Wat are long gone. Most of today’s visitors arrive at Angkor Wat’s moat-crossing ...

Each year, millions of visitors flock to Angkor Wat, an ancient temple in modern-day Cambodia. There, they marvel at the 900-year-old towers, a giant moat and the shallow relief sculptures of Hindu ...

PHNOM PENH: Archaeologists on Wednesday (Feb 26) started to restore the northeast platform of Angkor Wat's Bakan Tower in Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, said an APSARA National Authority (ANA) ...