Angkor · Jungle Crowns

For six centuries Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire, a hydraulic city of a million people. The jungle took it back and the world forgot — until the temples surfaced again from the trees. The forest never fully let go; at Ta Prohm the roots and the ruins now hold each other up.

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  Angkor WatThe vast moated temple-mountain whose five lotus towers reflect in the ponds at sunrise.
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  BayonThe state temple of Angkor Thom, bristling with over 200 enormous serene stone faces.
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  Ta ProhmThe 'tomb raider' temple left as found — silk-cotton tree roots pouring over and through the galleries.
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  Banteay Srei◆ hidden
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  Beng Mealea◆ hidden