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Great City: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 13; The images represent a Hindu myth of creation called the Churning of the Sea of Milk. On one side of the causeway, fifty-four guardian deities (called devas) pull the head of a mythical serpent or "naga." On the other side, fifty-four images of...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Tourists and souvenir vendors walk by face tower doorway of outer gate at Angkor: Tourists and souvenir vendors walk towards the face tower doorway of an outer gate at Angkor. The scene may be from the city site of Angkor Thom, or perhaps from nearby Ta Prohm. Both sites were built by the Buddhist Jayavarman VII and include towers with...; Format: image/photograph

Bayon Temple tower wall with carved stone faces in profile at Angkor Thom: This view of Bayon Temple tower walls at Angkor Thom reveals two carved stone faces in profile. The one in foreground at left is covered with lichen and harder to discern from the surrounding stone walls. Such huge and serenely smiling faces are carved on...; Format: image/photograph

Poster showing face on stone tower of Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom: This poster promoting Cambodia shows a huge and serely smiling face carved on a stone tower of the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom, literally "Great City." Angkor Thom was a fortified city built from the early eleventh to the late twelfth centuries A.D. during...; Format: image/photograph

Face on top of south gate tower of Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom: A huge face and other carved head images are visible at the top of the south gate tower of Bayon Temple. Such serenely smiling faces are carved on stone towers throughout the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom, literally meaning the "Great City." Angkor Thom was...; Format: image/photograph

Carved stone reliefs of Garuda supporting Elephant Terrace at Angkor Thom: Carved stone reliefs of Garuda, a Hindu mythical bird who transports the god Vishnu, appear to support the Elephant Terrace at Angkor Thom, literally the "Great City." This high stone platform now called the Elephant Terrace (because of its elephant carvings)...; Format: image/photograph

Mythic statues line causeway to south gate of Angkor Thom or Great City: Mythic statues line the causeway over a moat leading to the south gate of Angkor Thom, literally called "Great City." The images represent a Hindu myth of creation called the Churning of the Sea of Milk. On one side of the causeway, fifty-four guardian deities...; Format: image/photograph

Cambodia: A timeline: Major events and eras in the history of what is now Cambodia from the beginning of the Common Era to the present.

Stone wall and doorway overgrown by forest at Ta Prohm site at Angkor: A leaning stone wall and doorway are overgrown by forest at Ta Prohm, a small unconserved site near Angkor Thom. A huge tree at left is seen growing into the side of the temple wall. Ta Prohm was built as a double-moated, royal monastery during the reign of...; Format: image/photograph

Shop makes copies of carvings from Angkor Wat: In this recording, you can hear a conversation between me, my friend, and a man who works in a wood carving shop. In Angkor Wat, there are many stone carvings. This shop carves the same designs, but in stone and wood or in furniture for the commercial market....; Format: audio

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