• Tourist flashlights illuminate Angkor Wat at sunrise, 2012
  • Morning at Angkor Wat’s most iconic temple, 2012
  • Nature and art collide at the Phimeanakas temple (Celestial Palace), a 10th-century Hindu temple used by King Jayavarman VII as his private temple
  • Baphuon, a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. In the 15th-century, it was converted into a Buddhist temple, and a giant, football-field-length reclining Buddha was built—but never completed—on its west side, 2012
  • Animals roam freely throughout the Angkor Wat temple complex, 2012
  • Ornate carvings adorn the walls of many Angkor temples, including at Baphuon Temple, 2012
  • Known for the many tree roots strangling its structure, the 12th-century Ta Prohm temple was built for Buddhist worship and dedicated to King Jayavarman VII’s mother, 2012
  • A stone carving at Ta Prohm. Many of the temple’s walls depict scenes from the Buddha’s life, 2012
  • Ta Prohm, 2012
  • Golden light at Angkor Wat, 2012

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