Focus On: Angkor Wat

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What?

Angkor Wat

What?

Hindu-Buddhist temple

Where?

Central Cambodia

When?

12 century A.D.

Remains

2.5-mile-long moat surrounding a large enclosure with a temple at the center; relief carvings, statuary, shrines

Other Facts

Unlike most Khmer temples, which face east, Angkor Wat faces west, toward the setting sun and the Land of the Dead.