Taken with Nikon D60, dated May 2009
Located about 6 kilometers north of Siem Reap town, Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built by Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.
Taken with Nikon D60, dated May 2009
Angkor Wat is surrounded by a moat and an exterior wall measuring 1300 meters x 1500 meters. It is a massive three-tiered pyramid crowned by five lotus-like towers, the tallest or central tower rises about 65 meters from ground level. The buildings at Angkor Wat, made of a gray sandstone, are covered inside and out with bas-reliefs and carvings. Nearly 2000 distinctively rendered apsara (heavenly nymphs) carvings adorn the walls throughout the temple and represent some of the finest examples of apsara carvings in Angkorian era art. As well as, the walls of the lower level that display the most extraordinary bas-reliefs, depicting stories and characters from Hindu mythology and the historical wars of Khemer kings.
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