SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) — Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia's archeological marvel Angkor Wat, Chhoeurm Try gingerly scales the temple's exterior to hack away foliage before ...

Considered one of the most important Khmer temple complexes in its heyday, Banteay Chhmar was built to honor King Jayavarman VII's son Suryakumara and four army commanders. Amid jungle foliage and ...

City in the jungleDense vegetation dominates the landscape today, and the temples of Angkor appear isolated, like islands half subsumed by jungle. In its heyday in the 12th and 13th centuries, the ...

In terms of atmosphere, Warrack likens Banteay Chhmar to the famed temples of Angkor Wat in the 1990s, when tourism was still in its infancy. Banteay Chhmar attracts just 1,500 visitors annually.

The main temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are located about 20 minutes from the center of Siem Reap by car (you can also rent bikes or hire a tuk tuk for the day to get to the temples, but ...

My colleague, Keith Miller, took us on an adventure in the jungle via videotape, but joined me live to talk about it. And an expert on the temples gave us a tour of much of what Angkor Wat has to ...

The ancient ruins of Angkor Wat survived centuries lost in the jungle and decades of civil war. But can they survive all the tourists? Some of those charged with protecting the temples – one of ...

In 2011, an average of 7,000 tourists a day visited Angkor, one of Asia's top tourist draws located near the booming northwestern city of Siem Reap. Banteay Chhmar saw an average of two a day ...

The Angkor civilization was booming in the early 1100s, when construction began on the Angkor Wat temple site. Built as a re-creation of the Hindu universe, its most striking features are the five ...

We visited only the best known, beginning with magisterial Angkor Wat, the apex of classical Khmer art and architecture built in the mid-12th century by the slave armies of Suryavarman II ...

The Bayon temple lies within the ancient fortified city of Angkor Thom, just minutes by road from Angkor Wat. Angkor Thom was enclosed by 24 feet high walls and surrounded by a moat 100 yards wide.

A decade ago, about 300,000 tourists visited Angkor Wat each year. It was possible to have a quiet, spiritual moment alone in nearby temples that had been swallowed up by the jungle.