🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
West Baray — Angkor Hydraulic Reservoir
Angkor (Baphuon style middle Angkor) · Khmer Hindu (Suryavarman I court)
Khmer 7.8×2.1 km reservoir 1050 CE 53 million m³ with West Mebon island temple, hydraulic empire core.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Angkor Thom and the Bayon
Khmer Empire 1181–1243 CE (Bayon peak Jayavarman VII) · Khmer Mahayana Buddhist (with Shaiva syncretism)
Khmer capital city (late 12th century by Jayavarman VII) covering 9 km² walled square with Bayon state temple – 54 towers with 216 enigmatic smiling Avalokiteshvara faces blending Mahayana compassion…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk Archaeological Site
Chenla pre-Angkor 600–800 CE; occupation to 15th c. · Shaiva Hindu and Mahayana
Chenla capital Isanapura (7th c., King Isanavarman I c.616–635) on Stung Sen floodplain, earliest Buddhist-Hindu temple-city before Angkor: 291 temples in three walled enclosures (Prasat Sambor, Yeay…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Angkor Eastern Baray Cascade & Preah Thkol Extension (East Baray Satellite)
Angkor early (Yasovarman) 9th–10th c · Khmer devaraja hydraulicians
Eastern Baray cascade satellite 4 km east of Angkor East Baray: 3 linked laterite reservoirs buffering monsoon overflow.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Koh Ker – Prasat Thom 7-Tier Pyramid
Angkorian Koh Ker period 928–944 CE (Jayavarman IV brief capital) · Khmer (Angkorian Koh Ker)
Brief Angkor capital under Jayavarman IV (928–944): Prasat Thom 36 m high 7-tier sandstone-faced pyramid 55 × 55 m base, steep stair east with giant garuda and yama free-standing sculptures, summit…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Panel Golden Mine
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Panel Golden Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Temple of Preah Vihear
Khmer Empire 893–1150 CE (peak 11th–12th c) · Khmer Hindu (Shaiva)
Dangrek escarpment Shiva temple (9th–12th c) aligned 800 m north-south axial causeway stairway rising 525 m, built by six kings (Yasovarman I to Suryavarman II).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Necropolis Quay Mine
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Necropolis Quay Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor Wat
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Archaeological wonder
Sambor Prei Kuk
6th–7th century Archaeological Park in Kampong Thom, Cambodia