Angkor wat - the city of god kings

𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire for well over 600 years. It was the largest city built anywhere in the pre-industrialized world, home to more than a million people.

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂?

𝟏. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞: Angkor Archeological Park was awarded the UNESCO World Heritage Site honor in 1992.

𝟐. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬: It’s something that can’t be missed when visiting Angkor Wat, even if you’re not a morning person!

𝟑. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: Angkor Archeological Park boasts the incredible remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th centuries.

𝟒. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Angkor Wat is more than just a temple; it’s a testament to Cambodian culture as a whole.

𝟓. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭: Angkor Archeological Park has more than 2,000 carvings of apsara, which are known as celestial female spirits.

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