It is a significant component in religious and traditional ceremonies such as weddings or temple celebrations. Khmer civilization reached its peak during the Angkor period, from the ninth to fifteenth ...

Angkor was the capital of the Khmer empire, which controlled much of the region between the 9th and 15th centuries. The stunning accomplishments of Angkor’s great kings are clear to see—but ...

Part 2 of “The Nirvana Route”: How early encounters between India, China, and Southeast Asia shaped Asian civilization.

Priceless artifacts in Laos reveal holy sites from the early days of the Khmer Empire. The discovery of gold and silver artifacts in Laos, dating to the early days of the Khmer Empire, leads ...

All the latest game footage and images from Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack by Firaxis Games | 2017 2 / 7 3 / 7 4 / 7 5 / 7 6 / 7 7 / 7 2 / 7 3 / 7 4 ...

Restored in the 1940s, the 12th-century Banteay Samre, devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, recalls the medieval Khmer Empire at its height. The temple is cloistered inside two sets of concentric ...

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia, most of whose people consider themselves descendants of the ancient Khmer Empire. But painful memories still endure of the ...