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• The birth of photography at the British Library

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 151
  Its probably true to say that most people in the world today, with the exception of those living in very remote areas, carry in their heads certain photographic images. These pictures stay with us for various reasons - they may have a haunting beauty like the portrait of the green-eyed Afghan girl which appeared on ...
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• Apsara authority butts heads with homeless villagers

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  Villagers sign a petition to the Cambodian Prime Minister after the Apsara Authority, the agency that oversees the management of Angkor, tore down a house which the authority says was illegally built in a protected area. This reminds me of a time when the World Heritage status of Ayutthaya was threatened because of ...
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• Angkor Wat

  
  Houseplants — Authority: 139
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• Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  
  Matt and Debz — Authority: 120
  The temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia is widely considered one of the wonders of the world. Few realise just how many temples and palaces were build in this region. The iconic towers of Angkor Wat adorn most postcards and historical books but there’s a lot more to see here.Rather cheekily you can only purchase [...]
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• Inspiration for — Golf in the Field of Time

  
  Golf in the Field of Time — Authority: 108
  I was living in Cambodia at the time, in the Khmer ghetto surrounding Boeung Kok Lake in Phnom Penh, writing my first short story. I had just finished reading  Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy  (the recognized classic of the genre). And I came downstairs  from my little rented room hot, wanting to talk ...
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• Angkor Wat - Elephant Terrace

  
  Vietnam and Cambodia — Authority: 118
  © Photographer: Rfoxphoto | Agency: Dreamstime.com By Georgi Dagnall This terrace leads into what is considered the Royal Court. Much like the Egyptian Pharaohs, the Khmer Kings were deified royalty. In fact, many ancient civilizations had god-kings. Incan Emperors of Peru, early Japanese Emperors, ...
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• PFF : Magnificient Angkor Wat

  
  Travel Postcard — Authority: 129
  I received a book of postcard from my lady boss who just travel to Angkor Wat. I was so happy as this place and postcard of Angkor Wat is in top of my wishlist. The great temples of Angkor Wat are situated in the province of Siem Reap. This area is considered the biggest temple complex of the world and revealed ...
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• The largest 3D jigsaw puzzle in the world

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  Have you seen those ultra-hard jigsaw puzzles? The one with no picture on the cover to refer to, and worse, with no edges to mark out the border? The Baphuon temple in Angkor sounds pretty much like the same thing – but thankfully the restoration work is almost complete. photo credit: mckaysavage ...
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• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Siem Reap

  
  Chieng Fa — Authority: 103
  Ever since my first visit to the ruins of Angkor one hellishly hot April in 1999, I’ve been wanting to see the temples when the moats and ponds had water in them. I last visited in January of 2008, when temperatures were cooler and things were greener, but I still wanted more. As the saying goes, be careful what ...
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• Staircase access to Preah Vihear

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  Construction has begun on a 3,000-metre staircase up to Preah Vihear, aimed at adventure oriented tourists. Sounds all well and good on paper, but I wonder if a 3km uphill climb is all that attractive… Staircase planned for Preah Vihear Phnom Penh Post, 21 October 2009 Officials in Preah Vihear ...
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• Rebuilding the Baphuon

  
  Chieng Fa — Authority: 103
  I just got back from a weekend in Siem Reap where I re-visited some of my favorite ruins, and even sought out some new ones. I’ll be posting details in another day or two, but in the meantime this story came across my virtual desk about the rebuilding of the Baphuon temple-mountain in the royal city of Angkor Thom. ...
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• 10 man-made world wonders by Howard Hillman

  
  The Travel Blog by TravelPod — Authority: 121
  Howard Hillman of the site Hillmanwonders.com puts together many lists of travel-inspiring destinations. I’m going to take a few and compare them to the experiences that TravelPod bloggers have had there. Shall we begin? 1. Pyramids of Egypt Rucamuffin got majorly ripped off at the Great Pyramids of Egypt A ...
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• Wednesday Rojak #68: The Destruction of Ta Muen Thom

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  Only one entry for this week’s rojak, and it’s a rather sad one. Andy Brouwer writes about the looting and destruction of lintels and statues at the border temple of Ta Muen Thom . Check out Andy’s post here .
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• The Chronicles of Cambodia 7: Angkor Wat & Amazon Angkor

  
  satkuru.com — Authority: 103
  I suddenly had the inspiration to blog about Cambodia again after Chiaw Yin passed a very random statement over on Facebook.“Mr Shiya is very good”.I was cracking my head on who is this fella and why is she telling me this. Then it clicked me ! Mr Shiya aka Siya was our tourguide in Siem [...]
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• Picture of the Day: President Lee at Angkor Wat

  
  ROK Drop — Authority: 584
  S. Korean president visits Angkor Wat temple complex Via Yonhap .
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• Besides temples, they built really good bridges too

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  Typhoon Ketsana may have reached Cambodia, but it looks like the ancient Angkoran bridges have withstood both tests of time and nature. Angkoran bridges withstood natural disasters Cambodian Express News , 13 October 2009 Translated by Khmerization The 10 bridges, constructed during the Angkorian times ...
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• South Korea Provides a US$200 Million Concession Loan to Cambodia over a Period of Three Years – Friday, 23.10.2009

  
  The Mirror — Authority: 126
  The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 635 “Phnom Penh: The South Korean president promised to the head of the Royal Government of Cambodia to provide US$200 million in concession loans for 2009 to 2012 to develop the Cambodian economy and society. “The promise of such loan provisions was made during the two-day official ...
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• Angkor Wat

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 441
  Angkor Wat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat ) ( Khmer : អង្គរវត្ត), is a temple complex at Angkor , Cambodia , built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his ...
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• My first impressions in Cambodia

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 434
  by James Han, KF9 Cambodia (AMK) AMKs new home office in Phnom Penh Sus-Dai (Hello)! My name is James Han and I recently took a 3-month leave of absence from my management consulting career to work in Cambodia with Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK) , currently Kiva’s largest field partner.  I’m ...
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• Friday Photo - Angkor Wat, Cambodia

  
  Vietnam and Cambodia — Authority: 118
  This weeks "Friday Photo" belongs to a friend of mine, Adam Martin . Any budding photographers out there, can take a good lesson from this image. Angkor Wat recieves millions of visitors every year and is photographed by most of them. My money is on Adam being one of the few to capture Angkor this way. So remember ...
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