Day in Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dear Traveler, The lost city of Angkor Wat, Cambodia was on my travel list for a long time. While it's the largest religious monument in the world, until recently, the Western world knew very little about Angkor. It was believed that the religious complex was discovered in the 19th Century by the French naturalist Henri Mouhot. However, later scholars discovered, that in fact, Angkor Wat was never "lost" for the Khmer people, and the Buddhist monks continuously worshiped the temple complex over the centuries. Angkor Wat complex Angkor was built by the Khmer Empire -- a powerful state in Southeast Asia which existed between the 9th & 15th Centuries. At its peak, it covered much of what is today Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Southern Vietnam. The main evidence for its existence remains in numerous religious buildings, designed in different architectural techniques that started as H