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Cambodia

January 2006
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Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom. The statue is now thought to represent Yama, the Hindu god of death, rather than a supposed Cambodian ruler afflicted with Hansens disease.
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Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom. The statue is now thought to represent Yama, the Hindu god of death, rather than a supposed Cambodian ruler afflicted with Hansens disease.

  • 3 colossal stone faces at sunset, Bayon Temple, Angkor.
  • Sadhu (Hindu holy man), Wall relief from the Temple of Angkor Wat.
  • Asuras lining the causeway at the South Gate of Angkor Thom.
  • Giant reclining Buddha at Phnom Kulen, Cambodia's most sacred site, from where the first Cambodian king declared independence from the Javanese Empire.
  • Me at the Victory Gate of Angkor Thom, Cambodia, January 2006.
  • Tuk-tuk at the entrance to Ta Phrom Temple, Angkor. Ta Phrom is better known as the setting for the Angelina Jolie film <i>Tomb Raider</i>.
  • Dawn at the South Gate of Angkor Thom, with Asura figures lining the causeway at right.
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  • Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom. The statue is now thought to represent Yama, the Hindu god of death, rather than a supposed Cambodian ruler afflicted with Hansens disease.
  • Phsar Thom Thmei (aka Central Market), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, constructed in the 1930s. The building's dome is among the largest in the world.
  • Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom. The statue is now thought to represent Yama, the Hindu god of death, rather than a supposed Cambodian ruler afflicted with Hansens disease.
  • Doorway engulfed in Banyan tree roots at Ta Phrom Temple. As seen in <i>Tomb Raider</i>.
  • Eastern Mebon Temple, Angkor.
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  • Entrance portal engulfed by Banyan tree at Ta Som Temple, Angkor.
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  • Group of schoolboys at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
  • Red sunset over Angkor, January 2006.
  • Detail of one of the exquisite relief carvings in red sandstone which adorn Banteay Srei Temple, Angkor, Cambodia.
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