Six Forbidden Wonders in Far Away Places with Strange Sounding Names

ANGKOR
WAT

Angkor Wat is located near Siem Reap, and Tonle Sap Lake in northwest Cambodia. One can get there, but Americans are frowned upon and landmines are a problem. That's enough Forbidden for me. It's Far Away enough and is a Strange Sounding Name.

Angkor Wat is a ruin that is used for modern rituals, but is not maintained to western standards. It was a political and Hindu religious center for the Khmer kingdom about 1100, but abandoned in the early 1400's. It was "discovered" by a Frenchman in the 1800's, thoroughly overgrown. It is believed to be the largest religious structure in the world.

This picture is from: Angkor

For additional online information, try these sites:

Angkor Links

Angkor Wat

For further printed information, I suggest:

Dagens, Bruno. Angkor : Heart of an Asian Empire

Mannikka, Eleanor. Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship

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