Bakong
TempleAsiaCambodiac. 881 CEKhmer Empire (early)
First state temple of the Khmer Empire (~881 CE), in the Roluos group near Siem Reap. The earliest large pyramid-temple in Khmer architecture, foreshadowing the form of Angkor Wat. Sandstone over laterite, surrounded by a moat.
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Monster stonework at the Bakong Pyramid in Cambodia!Secrets in Stone
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