Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...

The temple of Angkor Wat was much larger and more complex than previously thought, University of Sydney archaeologists have discovered. The University of Sydney's Professor Roland Fletcher and Dr ...

News A Forgotten History of Angkor Wat Revealed in its Vandalism A history of vandalism in one of the world's most famous monuments has been analyzed, revealing long-lost art. In a paper published ...

Photographer Michael Freeman has seen it all. He's been to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt and remote temples in Sudan's Nubian desert. Yet nothing has moved him in the same way as Angkor Wat (see ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The human rights group Amnesty International has strongly criticized UNESCO and its World Heritage program for failing to challenge the Cambodian government’s ongoing mass evictions at ...

It's an almost mystical experience to go through the lost city of Angkor in northern Cambodia, site of the 9th to 15th century capitals of the vast Khmer Empire. Epic in size--154 square miles--with ...

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 ...

After a string of incidents involving tourists stripping and streaking, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has introduced a new code of conduct laws to cut down in misbehaving visitors. The UNESCO World Heritage ...

Plans to build a new amusement park and resort near Cambodia’s most famous historic site, the Angkor Archaeological Park, have worried conservation experts. In November, the Cambodian government ...

Cambodia has rejected allegations of violating international law by evicting people around Angkor Wat. UNESCO demanded a response after Amnesty International's report claimed thousands of families ...

Three French tourists that pleaded guilty to taking naked pictures at the Angkor Wat Temple are to be deported, AFP has reported. The three young men in their 20s were arrested on Thursday and charged ...