Photographer Michael Freeman has seen it all. He's been to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt and remote temples in Sudan's Nubian desert. Yet nothing has moved him in the same way as Angkor Wat (see ...
News A Forgotten History of Angkor Wat Revealed in its Vandalism A history of vandalism in one of the world's most famous monuments has been analyzed, revealing long-lost art. In a paper published ...
ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia’s prized tourist destination, receives over 2.5 million visitors a year. Sometimes, at dawn, it can feel like a million of them are right there next to you, disembarking from tour ...
Every generation remakes its definition of wonder. Long ago, lists of wonders boasted human ambition carved in stone, but ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. To see this complex without fighting your way through a mob ...
After a string of incidents involving tourists stripping and streaking, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has introduced a new code of conduct laws to cut down in misbehaving visitors. The UNESCO World Heritage ...
Plans to build a new amusement park and resort near Cambodia’s most famous historic site, the Angkor Archaeological Park, have worried conservation experts. In November, the Cambodian government ...
Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...
The process was much longer and more complex than previously imagined — Angkor’s collapse may be better described as a transformation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...
While visiting Angkor Wat earlier this year, I was overwhelmed by the number of visitors cramming into the temples. I'm not the only one who noticed the crush of people: Rumors swirled that Angkor may ...
Chasing visitors around Cambodia's Angkor temple ruins to offer his services, tour guide Bun Ratana says he has had little ...