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Angkor Wat - Cambodia (by Michael Ranzau)

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Seven-headed Naga King at the entrance of World's largest religious monument, Angkor Wat built by Hindu king Suryavarman II

This is a huge temple complex located near Siem Reap in Cambodia. It was built by Khmer kings more than a thousand years ago. The complex has a large number of temples. The main temple is the only one that is well preserved. Other temples are in ruins. There is an international effort to restore some of the temples. The temples must have looked majestic when they were built.

A large stones were cut precisely and placed over each other without any bonding material to hold them together. The Khmer kings embraced Hinduism and Buddhism. The carvings are delicate and superbly detailed.

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Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) temple in Angkor Thom. It is best known to westerners for its appearance in the films the films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) & Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

It was built in the late 12th century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and center of learning. Almost 80,000 people were required to live in or visit the temple, including over 2,700 officials and 615 dancers.

There is a mysterious unexplained image on an interior wall of a dinosaur which appears to be a stegosaurus. The temple’s main image represents the female deity Prajñāpāramitā Devi, and was modelled on the king's mother. Outside the temple, I saw stunningly dressed South Indian women posing with the goddess figure.

The temple has become overgrown with spung trees and foliage which add to the beauty and wonder of the surroundings, and turn it into an otherworldly scene of nature and ancient architecture mingled together.

#Cambodia #Angkor Wat #Angkor Thom #this place was so incredible and the rest of the temples which I’ve been too busy to post but wow I was shook

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Preah Khan, Cambodia, 2005

#cambodia #angkor #preah khan #southeast asia #khmer #temples #film photography #35mm photography #photographers on tumblr #original photography #bruce sharp #mekong.net #2005

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Family of Late US billionaire Agree to Return Looted Artifacts to Cambodia

The family of late American pipeline billionaire George Lindemann has agreed to return 33 looted artifacts to Cambodia, according to the US Attorney’s Office, a decision described as “momentous” by the Southeast Asian country.

The collection includes statues of deities, angels and demons from the 10th and 12th centuries from Koh Ker, the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom, and from the famous Angkor Wat temple, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said on Tuesday.

In a statement it said the family’s decision to return the artifacts was voluntary. Lawyers for the Lindemann family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cambodia’s archaeological sites suffered widespread looting during civil conflicts from the 1960s to 1990s and its government has spent years pursuing the return of antiquities, some of which it says are on display in American museums.

The United States repatriated 27 smuggled antiquities to Cambodia in 2021, including Hindu and Buddhist statues valued at about $3.8 million and last year returned 30 more including several that were more than 1,000 years old.

The artifacts that were held by the Lindemann family are expected to be repatriated later this year, said Bradley Gordon, a lawyer advising Cambodia on the repatriations and head of its investigation team.

He said he understood the Lindemann family had paid more than $20 million for the artifacts.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in a statement said the Lindemann family’s decision to return the artifacts set “an excellent and proper example for other museums and private collectors.”

In a June speech to the American Chamber of Commerce, two months before becoming Cambodia’s leader, Prime Minister Hun Manet said the antiquities were national treasures and more than just historical relics.

“They are the blood in our veins and the soul in our hearts that forge the identity of being Khmer… our heritages define who we are and who we will be,” he said.

US authorities have spent more than a decade working on locating artifacts from Cambodia and have so far repatriated 65. In 2019, art dealer Douglas Latchford was indicted for wire fraud and other crimes related to selling looted Cambodian artifacts, but the charges were dismissed after his death.

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Inside Angkpr Wat Temple, Siam Reap, Cambodia

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Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm is the modern name for the temple at Angkor. There are 72 major temples in the Angkor area, located in Cambodia in the Siem Reap province. The Ta Prohm Temple was built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. The temple became a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university, which was founded by the Khmer King, Jayavarman VII, who dedicated Ta Prohm to his mother. Ta Prohm is a traditional Khmer structure consisting of a series of gradually smaller enclosures, with the center tower connecting the smaller towers through passageways. The site was home to more than 12,500 people in the late 12th century, with a population of 800,000 in the surrounding villages. The temple was modified after King Jayavarman VII’s death and later modified by Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their religious beliefs. The temple was abandoned after the fall of the Khmer Empire in the 17th century. Restoration to conserve the temples of Angkor began in the early 21st century, but it was decided that Ta Prohm would be left in its ruined state. The jungle surrounding the temple merged with the ruins, giving it a new overall appeal to the tourists who frequent the temple. Although the ruins are bound by massive roots from the fig, silk-cotton, and kapok trees, the area was stabilized to make the temple accessible to tourists, which was necessary since Ta Prohm is Angkor’s most visited temple. Ta Prohm was inscribed by UNESCO and placed on the World Heritage list in 1992. The temple includes 260 statues of gods, 39 towers with pinnacles, and 566 different residences. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was filmed there.

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Deep in the jungles of Cambodia lies the hidden temple of Banteay Chhmar. Built by the ancient Khmer Empire it was lost for over 800 years but now restoration efforts are underway.

#Cambodia #Banteay Chhmar #Khmer #Angkor #Temple #ancient #history #ancient origins

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Banteay Srei temple, near Angkor, Cambodia

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The Beauty of Angkor

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Are those statues Khmer? They look a lot like some of the things I'd see at Angor Wat

They're Indonesian! The reason they look similar to Khmer statues and Angkor Wat is probably because the statues are Southeast Asian and from Hindu (or Hindu-Buddhist) temples.

#askjesncin #i'd love to see angkor wat someday #sightseeing temples is my fav thing

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by Bâ„®n on Flickr.The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phou, hidden in the jungle of Laos and rediscovered in 1914.

#early Angkor Wat style #Wat Phu #ancient khmers temple #Vat Phou #Wat Phou

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Preah Khan, November 2005

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My observations playing 'The Last Guardian' for the first time

The stained glass eyes make The Nest like a surveillance prison. Big Brother is watching you. Inspirations for The Nest – I Carceri by Piranesi, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Kung Fu Panda, Avatar.

I showed footage of the game to an art historian and he said the architecture looked like it was inspired by Indian temples, Angkor Wat and Palenque. Piranesi was supposedly inspired by Roman ruins with vines and trees growing over them.

There's a noise the boy makes when he’s climbing that sounds exactly like Link when he lands from too great a height in Ocarina of Time.

Movies Fumito Ueda might have been inspired by -

The Jungle Book – Mowgli is raised by wolves and needs to get back to the man-village, King Louie's lair is an Indian temple ruin. The Neverending Story - Falkor The Rescuers Down Under – the runway scene Kung Fu Panda – the prison Avatar - outdoor areas of The Nest make me think of Pandora, Toruk (the flying creature).

Movies inspired by The Last Guardian -

Jumanji: The Next Level – the apparatus in the scene with the apes. The Last Guardian is also referenced in the first movie when the poster for the game is shown on someone’s wall.

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