Suryavarman II had Angkor Wat built as a Hindu temple in honor of Vishnu, one of the gods in the Hindu triumvirate, who ...

Angkor Wat, built in the early twelfth century, served as a monument to a powerful king, Suryavarman II, and also as his tomb, The temple, dedicated to Vishnu, covers over a square mile. Its ...

The great temple of Angkor Wat, still the largest religious site ... The Garuda is an eagle that carried the Hindu god Vishnu. -On the top, these are some birds, take the soul to the paradise.

My first trip to Angkor Wat, the 12th-century temple complex dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, was during this period, bouncing along in the back of a tuk-tuk puttering down glistening tarmac ...

Water rushes through a cleft, splashing an adjoining rock face where Vishnu, legs crossed ... noon on a June day about ten miles north of Angkor Wat, and even at the bottom of a muddy, 14-foot ...

Just outside the northwest city Siem Reap, the world-renowned, 154-square-mile Angkor Ar­chaeo­logical Park, a UNESCO World ...

No one really knows why the cities were abandoned. Some claim that a bloody battle caused people to evacuate, others that it was caused by changes in religion (Khmer's Hinduism was replaced by ...

Experts say the statue is the most important to have been found at Angkor Wat in recent years Archaeologists at Cambodia's celebrated Angkor Wat temple complex have unearthed a large statue ...