and photos of gigantic towers with carved faces at the central Bayon temple at the Angkor Thom ruins of the royal capital. The box was inscribed with Japanese characters that roughly translate as ...

Angkor Thom was built between the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century under King Jayavarman VII.

Bayon Temple and Angkor Thom also date from this period. Ta Prohm was known as the monastery of the king or Rajavihara and ...