Here’s a wild fact. The largest religious monument on Earth is not in Europe or the Middle East. It’s in Cambodia. This is ...
Cambodia's famous temple of Angkor Wat is one of the world's largest religious monuments, visited by over two million tourists each year. It was built in the early 12th century by King Suryavarman II, ...
At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size, it feels ...
At its height in the 13th century, Angkor boasted a population of around 700,000 to 900,000. Christian Haugen via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 During the 13th century, the southeast Asian city of ...