Avoid the crowds at these lesser known alternatives to Angkor Wat—which include Cambodia’s newest addition to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Temples such as Sambor Prei Kuk, a UNESCO-designated site, highlight the legacy of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia, without the crowds of Angkor Wat.temple complex this year, but 68 miles northeast is a site once considered “the center of the Angkorian world,” says archaeologist Sarah Klassen., home to Cambodia’s largest pyramid, is the country’s newest addition to the UNESCO World Heritage List and one of the nation’s many historically significant archaeological marvels often missed by travelers.
“The ability to harness all of the people that would have been required to build something like the big monument at Angkor is really spectacular,” says Klassen, who is the co-director of theDue to Southeast Asia’s protracted dry season, a sophisticated system of reservoirs and canals was also integral to governance. “Water management was closely associated and tied to kingship,” says Klassen, who points out that the empire’s failing water system likely contributed to its eventual downfall.
Three temple groups feature a central tower on a platform surrounded by smaller structures, which Darith says “are considered the highest and biggest brick towers in Cambodia.”10th-12th-century Shiva temple A half-mile-long linear causeway connects five pavilions “built completely out of sandstone,” says Darith, noting that the stone was sourced from quarries on the mountain. Visitors can book a motorcycle or 4WD pickup truck for the four mile between the ticket center and the temple.
Located in western Cambodia, Banteay Chhmar is of one the largest temple complexes in Cambodia. Built in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII, it features the same enigmatic face-towers as the Bayon, one of his other famous Buddhist temples in Angkor.Since the 1998 looting of Banteay Chhmar, one of the most infamous antiquities thefts in Cambodian history, the main temple remains largely unrestored.
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