#angkor wat

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Picking up the Gold Skull and Gold Rose Secrets

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Behind the scenes of Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love (2000).

Taken in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, by by Man Lim Chung (文念中), the film's art director.

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Cambodian temples are something else

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09-11-24 | Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

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KHMER TEMPLE - CAMBODIA

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Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia,

From above on an overcast day,

Nevin Xavier Photography

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Angkor Wat - Cambodia (by Michael Ranzau)

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An Apsara dancer sculpture on the wall of Angkor Wat, 12th century. Robam Tep Apsara (Khmer: របាំទេពអប្សរា) is one of the traditional dances of Cambodia. It is played by women, sewn into tight-fitting traditional dress, whose graceful, sinuous gestures are codified to narrate classical myths or religious stories. It is one of the national symbols of Cambodia. 

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Ruins of Angkor Wat, Cambodia

French vintage postcard

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Space ships at Angkor Wat? Amazing Stories. April 1948. Back cover.

Internet Archive

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Cambodia :

Seven-headed Naga King at the entrance of World's largest religious monument, Angkor Wat built by Hindu king Suryavarman II

This is a huge temple complex located near Siem Reap in Cambodia. It was built by Khmer kings more than a thousand years ago. The complex has a large number of temples. The main temple is the only one that is well preserved. Other temples are in ruins. There is an international effort to restore some of the temples. The temples must have looked majestic when they were built.

A large stones were cut precisely and placed over each other without any bonding material to hold them together. The Khmer kings embraced Hinduism and Buddhism. The carvings are delicate and superbly detailed.

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Informal production stills by Man Lim Chung from the final scene of Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Lover, c2000, in Angkor Wat

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia. April 2017

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Carvings of Apsaras (Sanskrit: अप्सरा) at several of the temples of Angkor Wat.

In Hindu and Buddhist culture, Apsaras are a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters, who later plays the role of a "nymph" or "fairy.” They are described to be beautiful, youthful and elegant, and are said to be able to change their shape at will.

In 1927, Sappho Marchal published a study cataloging the remarkable diversity of their hair, headdresses, garments, stance, jewelry and decorative flowers, which Marchal concluded were based on actual practices of the Angkor period. Some devatas appear with arms around each other and seem to be greeting the viewer. "The devatas seem to epitomize all the elements of a refined elegance," wrote Marchal.