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This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the air ... came upon the lotus-shaped towers of Angkor Wat—the most elaborate of the city's temples and the ...

The engineering masterpiece is strikingly tall and covers an area four times larger than the Vatican City. But without the surrounding moat, the structure would never have survived. What Was on ...

As with most visitors, my trip centred around a visit to Angkor, starting with Angkor Wat, the most famous of the thousands of temples that span the 400-square-kilometre area. “The locals have ...

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 ...

Calling Cambodia’s Angkor Wat one of the most significant archaeological discoveries won’t be incorrect! This South-East Asian gem, set in the heart of Cambodia, is also a UNESCO World ...

One of the hottest viral trends, where people sprint, leap and crash around Cambodia’s historic Angkor Wat and other temple ruins in the South-East Asian nation in a live recreation of a popular ...

While transport at Angkor Wat means either haggling with a tuktuk driver or toiling on a bike in tropical heat, you can arrive at Machu Picchu in comfort via an Inca Rail train from Cusco ...