The temple complex that spent centuries lost to the forest is part of the much larger, but equally ruined, city of Angkor Thom, which in its 12th-century heyday was more than twice the size of contemporary Paris. Angkor Thom was the capital of an empire that, at its height, encompassed much of what is now Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its wooden structures were consumed by the jungle when the complex was abandoned, but the magnificent, stone-built temples – including Angkor Wat – survived. Now, standing proud of the vegetation that shrouded them for centuries, these temples are Cambodia’s most compelling attraction.
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