Angkor and the Khmer Empire sites beyond it - what each one is, how long it takes and when the light is right.
Angkor and the Khmer Empire sites beyond it - what each one is, how long it takes and when the light is right.
September 2026
Banteay Kdei is a late 12th-century Buddhist monastery temple in the Angkor Archaeological Park, built by King Jayavarman VII in the Bayon style. It lies just…
Phnom Oudong (Udong) is a hill about 40 km north-west of Phnom Penh that was Cambodia's royal capital until 1866. Its summit holds royal stupas with…
Phnom Chhngok is a cave temple about 8 km north-east of Kampot. Inside a limestone hill stands a small 7th-century brick temple dedicated to Shiva, built…
The Roluos Group is a set of 9th-century temples about 12 km east of Siem Reap, at the site of Hariharalaya, the first capital of the…
Wat Banan is an 11th-century Angkorian temple on top of Phnom Banan, about 25 km south of Battambang. Reached by 358 steps, its five sandstone towers…
Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, built between 1113 and about 1150 by King Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple to Vishnu…
The Bayon is the state temple of King Jayavarman VII at the centre of Angkor Thom, built in the late 12th and early 13th century as…
Ta Prohm is a Buddhist temple and monastery at Angkor, founded in 1186 by King Jayavarman VII in honour of his mother. It was deliberately left…
Banteay Srei is a small Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, consecrated in 967 and built by courtiers of King Rajendravarman II rather than by a king.…
Angkor Thom is the walled royal city built by King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century, the last and largest capital of the Khmer Empire.…
Preah Khan is a large 12th-century temple just north-east of Angkor Thom, dedicated in 1191 by King Jayavarman VII to his father. It served as a…
Beng Mealea is a large Hindu temple built in the early 12th century, probably under Suryavarman II, about 40 km east of the main Angkor group…
Preah Vihear Temple is an 11th-century Khmer sanctuary to Shiva, built along an 800-metre axis on the Dangrek escarpment at Cambodia's border with Thailand, ending at…
Koh Ker is a 10th-century Khmer capital in Preah Vihear province, about 120 km from Siem Reap, where King Jayavarman IV ruled the empire from 928…
Sambor Prei Kuk is the site of Ishanapura, capital of the Chenla kingdom in the late 6th and early 7th centuries, about 30 km north of…
