Wat is the Khmer name for temple (the French spelling is "vat "), which was probably added to "Angkor "when it became a Theravada Buddhist monument, most likely in the sixteenth century.After 1432 when the capital moved to Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat was cared for by Buddhist monks. It is ...
outlined with its ashes, is successively represented according to different orientations, Some archaeologists believe that the large vat located at the base of the east stairway
Some of those charged with protecting the temples - one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia - are no longer so sure."We don't have enough infrastructure to welcome mass tourism," says Tep Vattho, who heads the development department of APSARA, the government agency...