The Bayon Temple stands out as one of the most renowned, beloved, and aesthetically pleasing structures within the expansive Angkor Wat Archaeological Park. Nestled just north of Angkor Wat itself, ...

CAMBODIA, Khmer, Bayon, 12th/13th century Fragment of the head of a male deity in sandstone, perhaps a guardian, glued to an added base in pink granite H, 12th/13th century pink granite Sculpture L.

The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious shift from Hinduism to Buddhism was beginning. Heavenly towersThe Angkor Wat ...